ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Demurring

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Demurring is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of demur.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of demur.

More Meanings

  1. Reluctant; tending or serving to demur.
  2. demurral

Example Sentences

After some legal demurrings, it was allowed[…]
"I'm the hostess, it would be unsociable for me to leave," I said, flashing him my most demurring smile.
And that mode of expression is very demurring and self-deprecating. Victorian English was all about understatement.
Well, if he, Karl, owned a pair of pants like that it would be no trick at all to captivate the most demurring siren.

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Related dictionary entries include demurral, demurrer, rebuff, discommender, declinature, dissuading.

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