demur

demur is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To linger; to stay; to tarry. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To linger; to stay; to tarry.
2. intransitive verb. 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.
3. intransitive verb. To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement.
4. intransitive verb. To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.
5. transitive verb. To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.
6. transitive verb. To cause delay to; to put off.
7. intransitive verb. Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
8. noun. (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings

   Synonyms: demurral, demurrer

9. verb. take exception to

   "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"

   Synonyms: except

10. verb. enter a demurrer

Synonyms

demurral, demurrer, except

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in demur:

mured

Common word forms

demurs, demurer, demurest, demurity, demurred, demurrer, demurring

Words from these letters

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