 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
protesting
adjective: making a protest [syn: {protesting(a)}, {protestant}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Protest \Pro*test"\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Protested}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Protesting}.] [F. protester, L. protestari, pro
before + testari to be a witness, testis a witness. See
{Testify}.]
1. To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness;
to declare solemnly; to avow.
He protest that his measures are pacific. --Landor.
The lady doth protest too much, methinks. --Shak.
2. To make a solemn declaration (often a written one)
expressive of opposition; -- with against; as, he protest
against your votes. --Denham.
The conscience has power . . . to protest againts
the exorbitancies of the passions. --Shak.
Syn: To affirm; asseverate; assert; aver; attest; testify;
declare; profess. See {Affirm}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "protesting":
complaining, disputatious, disputing, dissentient, dissenting,
expostulative, expostulatory, fractious, noncooperative, objecting,
obstructive, on the barricades, proof against, protestant,
rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, remonstrant,
remonstrative, renitent, repellent, resistant, resisting,
resistive, retardant, retardative, uncooperative, under protest,
unsubmissive, unyielding, up in arms, withstanding
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