make a stink
raise a stink
raise hell
go to bat
get on someone's grill
gladiator
truculence
truculency
walk on eggshells
bristle up
bristle at
rage
bridle at
bridle up
bristle
deal
aflame
assertively
seditious
incendiary
incitive
buffet
rabble-rousing
inflammatory
instigative
get bent out of shape
aggressionist
drat
opposing
opponent
say boo to a goose
piss the Pope off
passive-aggressively
vent one's gall
bitter
reluctance
aggression
pile on
pushiness
huff
opinionize
shoulder to shoulder
forwardness
bully
bumptious
bumptiousness
self-assertion
pertinaciously
anger
self-assertive
meddlesomeness
have words
cockiness
come in hot
forward-leaning
irritate
officiousness
intrusiveness
peevishness
side with
biliousness
annoyed
assert oneself
irritability
pother
irritated
steamed
counteract
go apeshit
face
root for
peeved
riled
pull
defiance
temper
pissed off
boldness
pettishness
snappishness
backtalk
dither
nettled
miffed
brass
cheek
stung
rear back
roiled
pissed
surliness
flap
nerve
confront
offensivity
assertorically
counteraggressive
simmer
lose one's temper

English words for 'take strong and forceful action, as to object or express discontent'

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