'Demur' definitions:
Definition of 'demur'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Demur'
From: GCIDE
- Demur \De*mur"\, v. t.
- 1. To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The latter I demur, for in their looks Much reason, and in their actions, oft appears. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cause delay to; to put off. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He demands a fee, And then demurs me with a vain delay. --Quarles. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Demur'
From: GCIDE
- Demur \De*mur"\, n. [OF. demor, demore, stay, delay. See Demur, v. i.] Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple. [1913 Webster]
- All my demurs but double his attacks; At last he whispers, "Do; and we go snacks." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Demur'
From: GCIDE
- Demur \De*mur"\ (d[-e]*m[^u]r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Demurred (d[-e]*m[^u]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Demurring.] [OF. demurer, demorer, demourer, to linger, stay, F. demeurer, fr. L. demorari; de- + morari to delay, tarry, stay, mora delay; prob. originally, time for thinking, reflection, and akin to memor mindful. See Memory.]
- 1. To linger; to stay; to tarry. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp. --Nicols. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Upon this rub, the English embassadors thought fit to demur. --Hayward. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To scruple or object; to take exception, especailly on the basis of scruple or modesty; as, I demur to that statement; they wanted to make him president, but he demurred. [1913 Webster]
- When introduced as the world's smartest man, he was not inclined to demur. --Kip Thorne [PJC]
- 4. (Law) To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'demur'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aversion,
- back down,
- balance,
- balk,
- bashfulness,
- beef,
- bitch,
- blench,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- boycott,
- call in question,
- challenge,
- combat,
- combative reaction,
- complain,
- complaint,
- compunction,
- conscience,
- counteraction,
- cry out against,
- debate,
- defiance,
- deliberate,
- demonstrate,
- demonstrate against,
- demonstration,
- demurral,
- demurrer,
- deprecate,
- deprecation,
- difference,
- difficulty,
- diffidence,
- disagreement,
- disapproval,
- disapprove,
- disinclination,
- dispute,
- dissent,
- dissentience,
- enter a protest,
- exception,
- expostulate,
- expostulation,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fear,
- fight,
- fight shy of,
- flinch,
- fractiousness,
- gag,
- grievance,
- grievance committee,
- hang back,
- hang off,
- have qualms,
- hem and haw,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitate,
- hesitation,
- hold off,
- holler,
- hover,
- howl,
- hum and haw,
- indignation meeting,
- jib,
- kick,
- make bones about,
- march,
- modesty,
- negativism,
- noncooperation,
- nonviolent protest,
- object,
- objection,
- obstinacy,
- oppose,
- opposition,
- passive resistance,
- pause,
- picket,
- picketing,
- ponder,
- press objections,
- protest,
- protest demonstration,
- protestation,
- pull back,
- quail,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- question,
- raise a howl,
- rally,
- reaction,
- rebuff,
- recalcitrance,
- recalcitrancy,
- recalcitration,
- recoil,
- refractoriness,
- reluctance,
- remonstrance,
- remonstrate,
- remonstration,
- renitence,
- renitency,
- repellence,
- repellency,
- repulse,
- repulsion,
- resist,
- resistance,
- retreat,
- revolt,
- scruple,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- shilly-shally,
- shrink,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- shy at,
- shyness,
- sit in,
- sit-in,
- squawk,
- stand,
- state a grievance,
- stick,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- stickling,
- stop to consider,
- straddle the fence,
- strain,
- strain at,
- strike,
- stumble,
- teach in,
- teach-in,
- think twice about,
- uncooperativeness,
- unwillingness,
- vacillate,
- variance,
- waver,
- wince,
- withdraw,
- withstanding,
- yell bloody murder,
- yield