Translations for „expostulate“ in the English » German Dictionary

ex·pos·tu·late [ɪkˈspɒstʃəleɪt, ekˈ-, Am -ˈspɑ:s-] VB intr form

expostulate

[heftig] protestieren

to expostulate on [or about] sth

sich acc vehement gegen etw acc aussprechen

to expostulate on [or about] sth (stronger)

etw scharf verurteilen

to expostulate with sb about sth (protest)

eine [heftige] Auseinandersetzung mit jdm wegen etw dat haben

to expostulate with sb about sth (criticize)

jdm [ernste] Vorhaltungen wegen einer S. gen machen form

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to expostulate with sb about sth (criticize)

jdm [ernste] Vorhaltungen wegen einer S. gen machen form

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The poems drift from one focus to another; they avoid the histrionic; they sigh more often than they expostulate.

en.wikipedia.org

Alf's magnetism takes on its most disturbing dimension when he starts to expostulate on racial matters.

theconversation.com

It is satisfied to hear the voices of those who surmise, expostulate and devise constructs to explain everything that happened untold millions of years in the past.

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