43 entries under protest topic. ×
| disinclination(noun, state, dislike, challenge, doubt) | |
| unwillingness(noun, state, delay, difficulty, weakness) | |
| hesitation(noun, delay, difficulty, anxiety, weakness) | |
| dislike(noun, challenge, doubt, opposition, illness) | |
| doubt(noun, delay, anxiety, weakness, shame) | |
| opposition(noun, dislike, challenge, doubt) | |
| scruple(noun, delay, difficulty, anxiety, weakness) | |
| objection(noun, dislike, challenge, disagreement, doubt) | |
| odium(noun, dislike, challenge, unpleasant, doubt) | |
| challenge(dislike, doubt, opposition, objection) | |
| complaint(opposition, illness, sickness, protestation) | |
| demur(noun, dislike, challenge, doubt, opposition) | |
| disagreement(opposition, protestation) | |
| hostility(noun, dislike, opposition, hatred) | |
| remonstrance(dislike, doubt, opposition, objection) | |
| demurral(noun, delay, difficulty, anxiety, weakness) | |
| difficulty(noun, anxiety, confusion, dislike, challenge) | |
| disapproval(dislike, doubt, opposition, objection) | |
| displeasure(noun, dislike, challenge, doubt, opposition) | |
| dissatisfaction(noun, dislike, challenge, doubt, opposition) |
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