demurs

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English

Definitions

noun

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

verb

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; to oppose; to balk“I demur to that statement.”
To interpose a demurrer.

Related words

Synonyms

demurral except demurrer objects hesitates scoffs winces dismisses confesses shuns resists disagrees scorns pouts exclaims retorts

Associated

Rhymes

purrs yours years concurs infers stirs entrepreneurs incurs confers connoisseurs

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