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protestoida — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • declaim verb To perform something like a poem aloud dramatically; to speak in order to impress; to talk pompously, loudly or theatrically; to bemouth; to give an empty speech; to go over worn-out arguments in a debate; to rant.
  • protest verb To express strong objection to something.

Senses

protestoida is used for these senses in English:

  • declaim To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech.
  • protest (intransitive) To make a strong objection.
  • protest To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.

declaim — full definition

  1. verb To perform something like a poem aloud dramatically; to speak in order to impress; to talk pompously, loudly or theatrically; to bemouth; to give an empty speech; to go over worn-out arguments in a debate; to rant.
  2. verb To give a formal speech, or to recite a speech or poem aloud in public as practice.
  3. verb To complain loudly and forcefully about something in speech.
  4. verb To deny something, or refuse to accept it as one's own.

protest — full definition

  1. verb To express strong objection to something.
  2. noun A public demonstration or formal objection expressing disapproval.
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