remonstrate

verb

1. To object with in critical fashion; to express disapproval (with, against).

2. chiefly historicalSpecifically, to lodge an official objection (especially by means of a remonstrance) with a monarch or other ruling body.

3. (transitive, often with an object consisting of direct speech or a clause beginning with that) To state or plead as an objection, formal protest, or expression of disapproval.

4. To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.

5. Argue in protest or opposition

6. Present and urge reasons in opposition

   Similar: point out

7. Censure severely or angrily

   “The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car”

   “The deputy ragged the Prime Minister”

   “The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup”

   Similar: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture