demurring
Meaning of demurring
verb, gerund or present participle
- raise objections or show reluctance.
normally she would have accepted the challenge, but she demurred
Middle English (in the sense ‘linger, delay’): from Old French demourer (verb), demeure (noun), based on Latin de- ‘away, completely’ + morari ‘delay’.
Information about demurring
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of demurring
de-mur-ring
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- demurring is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
demurring synonyms
Meaning say something to express one's opposition to or disagreement with something:
Meaning express an objection to what someone has said or done:
Meaning make petty or unnecessary objections:
Meaning disagree with the doctrine of an established or orthodox Church:
Meaning hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking:
Meaning pause in indecision before saying or doing something:
Meaning indicate or show that one is not willing to do something:
Meaning (of a person) hesitate to do or accept:
Anagrams of demurring
Words that rhyme with demurring
Ring, ring, Baring, Dearing, Spearing, Waring, Wearing, Zearing, abearing, afearing, affearing, afterhearing, anearing, appearing, ashlaring, backbearing, baring, bearing, beggaring, besmearing, bevaring, bewaring, blaring, blearing, burglaring, calendaring, caring, cellaring, charing, cheddaring, cheeseparing, childbearing, chivaring, clearing, coappearing, collaring, comparing, compearing, daring, dearing, declaring, dellaring, desugaring, disappearing, dogearing, drearing, earing, emparing, endearing, ensearing
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