Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
- 2noun
Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
- 3noun
Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.
- 4intransitive verb
To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience.
- 5transitive verb
To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.
- 6transitive verb
To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
- 7noun
an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
- 8noun
uneasiness about the fitness of an action
- 9noun
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
- 10verb
have doubts about
- 11verb
raise scruples
"He lied and did not even scruple about it"
- 12verb
hesitate on moral grounds
"The man scrupled to perjure himself"
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