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demur at
demur at something
to dispute something; to challenge something. I fear I must demur at your suggestion that I am aloof and condescending. Alice demurred at the suggestion that she was late.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Wessel | | - | Frisian, Dutch, German |
Dee | | DEE | English |
Panna | | PAWN-naw | Hungarian |
Sharif | | - | Arabic, Urdu, Pashto, Persian, Malay |
Aisha | | - | Arabic, Urdu, American |
Gaynor | | GAY-nawr | English (British) |