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- DictionaryDe·mur/dəˈmər/
verb
- 1. raise doubts or objections or show reluctance: "normally she would have accepted the challenge, but she demurred"
noun
- 1. the action or process of objecting to or hesitating over something: "they accepted this ruling without demur"
1. : the act or an instance of objecting : protest. rather than be brought into court he will pay without demur G. B. Shaw. 2. : hesitation (as in doing or accepting) usually based on doubt of the acceptability of something offered or proposed. after some delay and demur, the door grudgingly turned on its hinges Charles Dickens. Synonyms.
to express disagreement or refuse to do something: The lawyer requested a break in the court case, but the judge demurred. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Arguing & disagreeing. agent provocateur. alienated. argue with someone. argumentatively. bandy. bet. bone. conflict. cross swords idiom. hammer. lock horns idiom.
to express disagreement or refuse to do something: The lawyer requested a break in the court case, but the judge demurred. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Arguing & disagreeing. agent provocateur. alienated. argue with someone. argumentatively. bone. conflict. flame. hammer. lock horns idiom. non-consensual. pick. piggy in the middle.
noun. the act of making objection. an objection raised. Synonyms: misgiving, qualm, scruple. hesitation. Law: Obsolete. a demurrer. demur. / dɪˈmɜː / verb. to raise objections or show reluctance; object. law to raise an objection by entering a demurrer. archaic. to hesitate; delay. noun. the act of demurring. an objection raised. archaic.
Commonly confused words. demur / demure. To demur is to show reluctance or to hesitate, like not quite getting in the car when someone opens the door, but demure isalways an adjective describing a modest, reserved, or shy person, and sounds like the mew of a tiny kitten.
2 days ago · intransitive verb. 1. to make objection, esp. on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object. They wanted to make him the treasurer, but he demurred. 2. Law. to interpose a demurrer. 3. archaic. to linger; hesitate.
3 days ago · ( intransitive) 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. ( intransitive) To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk. I demur to that statement. The personnel demurred at the management's new scheme.
