demurred

Verb

Verb Forms: demur, demurring, demurs, demurred

• Past tense of raising objections or showing reluctance.
• Raised objections or showed reluctance.
• take exception to
  • "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
• enter a demurrer
• simple past and past participle of demur

Examples

• The player demurred at the suggestion of a complex play, opting for a safer one.
• When challenged, the player DEMURRED, confident their obscure word was valid.

Synonyms

demur, except