Expostulate is a related term of controvert.
As verbs the difference between expostulate and controvert
is that
expostulate is to protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct while
controvert is to dispute or argue using reason.
expostulate English
Verb
( expostulat)
To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct.
* Jowett
- Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong.
* 1719,
- The tears would run plentifully down my face when I made these reflections; and sometimes I would expostulate with myself why Providence should thus completely ruin His creatures, and render them so absolutely miserable; so without help, abandoned, so entirely depressed, that it could hardly be rational to be thankful for such a life.
* 1843 , '', book 2, ch. XI, ''The Abbot’s Ways
- […] he affectionately loved many persons to whom he never or hardly ever shewed a countenance of love. Once on my venturing to expostulate with him on the subject, he reminded me of Solomon: “Many sons I have; it is not fit that I should smile on them.”
Synonyms
* challenge
* demur
* except
* inveigh
* kick
* object
* protest
* remonstrate
* squawk
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controvert English
Verb
( en verb)
To dispute or argue using reason.
To be involved or engaged in controversy.
Related terms
* controversial
* controversialist
* controversy
* controverter
* controvertible
* incontrovertible
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