scruple in English

noun

1

a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action.

I had no scruples about eavesdropping

2

a unit of weight equal to 20 grains, used by apothecaries.

Oil of the seed, given from half a scruple to half a dram, in some liquor, or a spoonful of juice in some wine, taken before the fit comes on, and the person is put to bed, cures quotidians and quartans.

verb

1

hesitate or be reluctant to do something that one thinks may be wrong.

she doesn't scruple to ask her parents for money

synonyms: hesitate to, be reluctant to, be loath to, have qualms about, have scruples about, have misgivings about, have reservations about, think twice about, balk to, demur to, recoil from, shrink from, shy away from, flinch from

noun

qualm, misgiving

verb

hesitate to, be reluctant to, be loath to, have qualms about, have scruples about, have misgivings about, have reservations about, think twice about, balk to, demur to, recoil from, shrink from, shy away from, flinch from

Use "scruple" in a sentence

1. He will do anything without scruple.

2. He doesn't scruple at [ about ] lying.

3. She is totally without scruple.

4. She tells lies without scruple.

5. Beware, beware! scruple, who can without fear.

6. She will tell lies without scruple.

7. They did not scruple to bomb innocent civilians.

8. Don't scruple to ask for anything you want.

9. The villain made no scruple of committing murder.

10. He does not scruple at [ about ] lying.

11. He lied and did not even scruple about it.

12. Beware,beware!he'll cheat'ithout scruple,who can without fear.

13. I do not stand on scruple with him.

14. They made thousands of families homeless without scruple.

15. He is a man without scruple - he has no conscience.

16. A dishonest man does not scruple to deceive others.

17. She didn't scruple to take Tom from his wife.

18. A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket.

19. I am normally a law-abiding citizen but I had not a single scruple.

20. It'seemed to her now that she could marry him without the remnant of a scruple.

21. He wouldn't scruple to cheat his own mother if there was money in it for him.

22. Dumont does not scruple to show the naked corpse, left on the edge of a ploughed field.

23. How does the noun Compunction differ from other similar words? Some common synonyms of Compunction are demur, qualm, and scruple

24. I respect your scruple, scour; but in this case I believe true delicacy requires you to do as I ask.

25. And we tell our graduate students that they must never take such risks, construing as scruple what in fact is timidity.

26. Nor does our Lord scruple to speak of them as others did, which we may be sure He never would have done if it had been Calumnious

27. Apothecaries’ weight, traditional system of weight in the British Isles used for the measuring and dispensing of pharmaceutical items and based on the grain, scruple (20 grains), dram (3 scruples), and pound (12 ounces)

28. And Haya (This term "Haya" covers a large number of concepts which are to be taken together; amongst them are self respect, modesty, Bashfulness, and scruple, etc.) is a part of faith."

29. Every kind of Contumelious reproach is heaped on the heads of the working men who dare to replace him when he strikes; and he does not scruple to use under such conditions weapons more convincing than the most opprobrious epithets.

30. Every kind of Contumelious reproach is heaped on the heads of the working men who dare to replace him when he strikes; and he does not scruple to use under such conditions weapons more convincing than the most opprobrious epithets.