Big Huge Thesaurus

remonstrate

verb

• point out
• call on the carpet
• take to task
• rebuke
• rag
• trounce
• reproof
• lecture
• reprimand
• jaw
• dress down
• call down
• scold
• chide
• berate
• bawl out
• chew out
• chew up
• have words
• lambaste
• lambast
• criticise
• criticize
• inform
• knock
• object
• pick apart

sounds kind of like

• running start