scruple

scruple is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
2. noun. Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
3. noun. Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.
4. intransitive verb. To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience.
5. transitive verb. To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.
6. transitive verb. To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
7. noun. an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
8. noun. uneasiness about the fitness of an action

   Synonyms: misgiving, qualm

9. noun. a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
10. verb. have doubts about
11. verb. raise scruples

    "He lied and did not even scruple about it"

12. verb. hesitate on moral grounds

    "The man scrupled to perjure himself"

Synonyms

misgiving, qualm

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in scruple:

sculper

Common word forms

scrupled, scrupler, scruples, scrupling, scrupleless

Words from these letters

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