Dictionary Entry
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
- 1intransitive verb
To linger; to stay; to tarry.
- 2intransitive 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.
- 3intransitive verb
To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement.
- 4intransitive verb
To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.
- 5transitive verb
To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.
- 6transitive verb
To cause delay to; to put off.
- 7intransitive verb
Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
- 8noun
(law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
- 9verb
take exception to
"he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
Synonyms
- 10verb
enter a demurrer
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