demur

Speech parts

1. demur - Noun

2. demur - Verb

Meaning

To linger; to stay; to tarry.

To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.

To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement.

To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.

To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.

To cause delay to; to put off.

Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

except demurrer demurral haw squawk object jib cavil boggle question resistance opposition exception challenge dispute
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Antonyms

lurch believe agreement accept credit agree
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Hypernyms

object objection plead

Phrases with the word

demur at without demur demur about demur against

Derivatives

demurred demurring

Anagrams

mured MUDer

Examples

he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday Source: Internet

Yet, Demur Chomakhidze, from the Agricultural University of Georgia, paints a grimmer picture from the government and highlights the shortcomings in a report from 2016. Source: Internet

He would say, and I would not demur from that.” Source: Internet

Naturally the officers of the Pfalz were uncommunicative, but they are said to have raised no demur at their enforced return and take their “hold up” quietly. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

demultiplexor demultiplication DeMunck demur about demur against demur at