Scruple Synonyms and Antonyms

skro͝opəl
A feeling of uncertainty about the fitness or correctness of an action
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. compunction
  2. misgiving
  3. qualm
  4. reservation
Antonyms:
  1. unconcern
  2. negligence
  3. ignorance
A tiny amount
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. qualm
  2. compunction
  3. doubt
  4. bit
  5. crumb
  6. dab
  7. dash
  8. dot
  9. dram
  10. drop
  11. fragment
  12. grain
  13. iota
  14. jot
  15. hesitation
  16. minim
  17. mite
  18. meticulosity
  19. modicum
  20. molecule
  21. peculiarity
  22. ort
  23. ounce
  24. particle
  25. penitence
  26. scrap
  27. shred
  28. punctiliousness
  29. smidgen
  30. speck
  31. uneasiness
  32. tittle
  33. trifle
  34. scrupulosity
  35. whit
  36. spot
  37. suspicion
  38. twenty grains
  39. wait
  40. wavering
  41. misgiving

Words Related to Scruple

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Scruple Sentence Examples

  • Where he detects or suspects the insertion of fabulous matter he has no scruple in saying so.

  • The civil war that followed his death, the endless revolutions of Agrigentum, where the weaker side did not scruple to call in Christian help, hindered any real Saracen occupation of eastern Sicily.

  • I do not scruple to say that she plays extremely well.

  • Slaves did the greater part of the purchasing, though even the noblest citizens of Athens did not scruple to buy and sell there.

  • He did not scruple to reveal to the king of Navarre secret deliberations, but his fortune soon turned.

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