Vocab Bloom Hub

demur

/dɪˈmɜːr/

Traducción: Sustantivo que denota una objeción, vacilación o expresión de duda o falta de voluntad, a menudo en un contexto formal o legal., Verbo que significa expresar objeciones o mostrar desacuerdo, especialmente en contextos formales o legales, o bien dudar o mostrarse reacio a hacer algo.

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Conexiones de la palabra

noun

/dɪˈmɜːr/C2formal
  • esSustantivo que denota una objeción, vacilación o expresión de duda o falta de voluntad, a menudo en un contexto formal o legal.

A noun referring to an objection, hesitation, or expression of doubt or reluctance, often in a formal or legal context.

incontable

  1. Objection or hesitationC1formal

    A formal or polite expression of doubt, objection, or reluctance.

    esObjeción o reparo

    • She accepted the offer without demur.
    • There was a slight demur from the committee before they approved the plan.
    • He raised a demur about the proposed changes.

    Sinónimosdoubthesitationmisgivingobjectionprotestqualmreluctancescruple

    Antónimosacceptanceagreementapprovalassentwillingness

Formas
  • demurs plural form
  • demurs' possessive plural form
  • demur's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

Condiciones heredadas

Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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verb

/dɪˈmɜːr/C1formal
  • esVerbo que significa expresar objeciones o mostrar desacuerdo, especialmente en contextos formales o legales, o bien dudar o mostrarse reacio a hacer algo.

A verb used to indicate the act of raising objections or showing reluctance, especially in a formal or legal context.

  1. Raise objections or show reluctanceC1formal

    To express doubt or hesitation about something, often by raising objections or showing reluctance.

    esObjetar o mostrarse reacio

    • She demurred when asked to take on the extra work.
    • The lawyer demurred at the judge's suggestion.
    • He demurred politely, saying he was not qualified for the role.

    Sinónimosbalkhesitateobjectprotestquibblescrupletake exceptionvacillatewaver

    Antónimosacceptagreeapproveassentconsent

Formas
  • demurred past participle
  • demurred past simple
  • demurring present participle
  • demurs third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

Condiciones heredadas

Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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Generated by language models and not human-verified: definitions, examples, levels and translations may contain errors.