Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

demurring

/dɪmˈɝɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-mur-ring
IPA: /dɪmˈɝɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of demur

adj

Reluctant; tending or serving to demur.

noun

Example Sentences

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

Inflected Forms

more demurring (comparative) most demurring (superlative) demurrings (plural)

Derived Forms

demurringly undemurring

Rhymes With

referring occurring transferring recurring stirring preferring blurring incurring conferring purring deferring deterring

Questions

How do you pronounce demurring?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪmˈɝɪŋ/.
What does demurring mean?: present participle and gerund of demur

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