raise+objections
71object — 1. noun 1) wooden objects Syn: thing, article, item, device, gadget, entity; informal doodad, thingamajig, thingamabob, whatsit, whatchamacallit, thingy, doohickey, dingus 2) he spent five years as the object of a frenzied manhunt …
72discredit — v 1. detract, degrade, censure, reproach, make disreputable, bring into disfavor, injure or impair the credit or reputation of, tear down; disparage, decry, demean, deprecate, deflate, devaluate, depreciate, belittle; defame, slur, asperse,… …
73query — n 1. question, interrogatory, inquiry; interrogation, questioning, asking; issue, problem, poser, matter in dispute, question at issue, knotty point; request, demand, desideratum; quandary, dilemma, perplexity, confusion, ambiguity; investigation …
74scruple — n 1. qualm, pang, misgiving, distrust, mistrust, suspicion, apprehension; scrupulousness, punctiliousness, meticulousness; conscientiousness, conscience, twinge of conscience, New England conscience, guilt, guilt feeling, point of honor;… …
75stickle — stick•le [[t]ˈstɪk əl[/t]] v. i. led, ling 1) to argue or haggle insistently, esp. on trivial matters 2) to raise objections; scruple; demur • Etymology: 1520–30; var. of obs. stightle to set in order, freq. of stight, ME stighten, OE stihtan to… …
76stickle — /ˈstɪkəl/ (say stikuhl) verb (i) (stickled, stickling) 1. to argue or haggle insistently, especially on trivial matters. 2. to raise objections; scruple; demur. {Middle English stightle arbitrate, frequentative of obsolete stight, Old English… …
77demur — [13] Like its French cousin demeurer, demur originally meant ‘stay, linger’. It was not until the 17th century that the current sense, ‘raise objections’, developed, via earlier ‘delay’ and ‘hesitate in uncertainty’. The word comes via Old French …
78devil's advocate — n. [transl. of ML advocatus diaboli] 1. R.C.Ch. an official selected to examine the facts critically and raise objections in the case of a dead person named for beatification or canonization 2. a person who upholds what is regarded as the wrong… …
79but — 1. conj., prep., adv., pron., n., & v. conj. 1 a nevertheless, however (tried hard but did not succeed; I am old, but I am not weak). b on the other hand; on the contrary (I am old but you are young). 2 (prec. by can etc.; in neg. or interrog.)… …
80question — n. & v. n. 1 a sentence worded or expressed so as to seek information. 2 a doubt about or objection to a thing s truth, credibility, advisability, etc. (allowed it without question). b the raising of such doubt etc. 3 a matter to be discussed or… …
