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demur
verb
(de-mur)
take exception to
Synonyms:
except
,
Examples:
He demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday.
demur
noun
(de-mur)
(law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
Synonyms:
demurral
,
demurrer
,
demur
verb
(de-mur)
enter a demurrer
Words Related to
demur
!
demurral
,
demurrer
,
except
,
object
,
deferentially
,
politely
,
indignantly
,
hesitatingly
,
flinch
,
acquiesce
,
equivocate
,
meekly
,
chide
,
cavil
,
expostulated
,
countenance
,
condescend
,
abashed
,
presume
,
patronisingly
,
haughtily
,
ineloquent
,
quibble
,
resignedly
,
snigger
,
ex cathedra
,
diffident
,
overpraise
,
unforthcoming
,
disdainful
,
doubtfully
,
discomfit
,
scold
,
scruple
,
sneers
,
demureness
,
pityingly
,
suppliant
,
enamour
,
condescendingly
,
sentimentalise
,
chastise
,
studiedly
,
deign
,
shies
,
parti pris
,
behove
,
impertinent
,
contemptuously
,
prevaricate
,
shamefacedly
,
tetchily
,
frostily
,
temporize
,
loth
,
titter
,
mulishly
,
faute de mieux
,
erudite
,
dismissive
,
timorous
,
smugly
,
perspicuity
,
donnish
,
obsequious
,
superciliously
,
scornful
,
sophist
,
harrumph
,
prudishly
,
accept
,
preemptory
,
quizzically
,
perspicacious
,
displease
,
complaisant
,
empiricist
,
huffy
,
avow
,
analogize
,
upbraid
,
phlegmatic
,
glib
,
genuflect
,
schoolmarmish
,
blandishments
,
sceptically
,
unthinkingly
,
tactful
,
peevishly
,
petulantly
,
grovel
,
purblind
,
unassertive
,
circumspect
,
grudgingly
,
disbelieve
,
contradictorily
,
epicene
,
mutter
,
demur
Examples by Brain Bank Users
By: Jamie
From:
Words in the News - December 2018
The president demurred to reporters when asked about his insufficient support for Puerto Rico after the hurricane.