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protestingverbpresent participle of protest to state as a fact usually forcefullyhe protested that he usually was very good at baseball, and all the strikeouts were just bad luck affirming, alleging, asserting, averring, avouching, avowing, claiming, contending, declaring, insisting, maintaining, professing, purporting, warranting announcing, broadcasting, proclaimingarguing, rationalizing, reasoningconfirming, justifying, vindicatingdefending, persevering, supporting, upholdingreaffirming, reasserting putting forth denying, gainsaying abandoningdisavowing, disclaiming, disowning, negating, negativing, rejecting, repudiatingchallenging, disputing, questioningconfuting, disproving, rebutting, refutingcontradicting, countering to present an opposing opinion or argumentplans to protest against the judge's ruling regarding admissible evidence demurring, excepting, expostulating, kicking, objecting, remonstrating caviling(or cavilling), quibblingchallenging, daring, defying, fightingconflicting, debating, disputing, hassling, quarreling(or quarrelling), squabbling, wranglingbeefing, bellyaching, bitching, bleating, carping, caterwauling, complaining, crabbing, croaking, fussing, griping, grizzling, grouching, grousing, growling, grumbling, grumping, hollering, keening, maundering(chiefly British), moaning, murmuring, muttering, nagging, repining, screaming, squawking, squealing, wailing, whimpering, whinging(or whingeing, British), whining, yammering, yawping(or yauping), yowlingbalking, gagging, stickingcensuring, criticizing, denouncingdisobeying, rebelling, withstandingdemonstrating taking exception, taking issue approving, sanctioningacceptingacceding, acquiescing, agreeing, assentingadhering, complying, conforming, following, minding, obeying, observingadvocating, championing, defending, maintaining, supporting, sustaining, upholdingapplauding, cheering, commending |