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Showing words for SCRUPLE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Scruple

curpels, scruple, sculper

6 Letter Words for Scruple

cruels, cupels, curpel, curple, lucres, presul, pulers, pulser, spruce, superl, surcle, ulcers

5 Letter Words for Scruple

clues, cruel, crues, cruse, cupel, cures, curls, curse, ecrus, lepus, lerps, luces, lucre, lures, luser, pucer, puces, puers, puler, pules, pulse, purls, purse, pusle, resup, rules, scelp, scler, sculp, sluer, slurp, sprue, spule, spurl, sucre, super, ulcer

4 Letter Words for Scruple

cels, ceps, clep, clue, cpus, cres, crpe, crue, crup, crus, cues, culp, cups, cure, curl, curs, cusp, ecru, ecus, eruc, leps, lerp, luce, lues, lupe, lure, lurs, pecs, pelu, pers, peru, plur, plus, prec, pres, psec, puce, puer, pule, puls, pure, purl, purs, recs, repl, reps, resp, rucs, rues, rule, ruse, scul, scup, scur, slue, slup, slur, spec, spue, spur, suer, supe, supr, sure, ules, ures, urps, user

3 Letter Words for Scruple

cel, cep, cer, clr, cpl, cpr, cps, cpu, crl, crs, cru, csp, cue, cul, cup, cur, ecu, els, ers, esc, esp, esr, esu, lep, ler, les, leu, lsc, lue, lur, pec, pel, per, pes, plu, prc, pre, prs, pul, pur, pus, rec, rel, rep, res, rle, rps, ruc, rue, scr, sec, sel, sep, ser, sle, spl, sue, sup, sur, ule, ups, ure, urp, urs, use

Definitions for Scruple

[1] a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
[2] a very small portion or amount.
[3] a unit of weight equal to 20 grains (1.295 grams) or 1/3 of a dram, apothecaries' weight.
[4] an ancient Roman unit of weight equivalent to 1/24 of an ounce or 1/288 of an as or pound. Compare as2(def 2) .
[5] to have scruples.
[6] to have scruples about; hesitate at.
[7] (often plural) a doubt or hesitation as to what is morally right in a certain situation
[8] archaic a very small amount
[9] a unit of weight equal to 20 grains (1.296 grams)
[10] an ancient Roman unit of weight equivalent to approximately one twenty-fourth of an ounce
[11] (obsolete when tr) to have doubts (about), esp for a moral reason

Words related to Scruple

conscience, compunction, anxiety, hesitation, reluctance, censor, twinge, difficulty, demur, pause, uneasiness, qualm, perplexity, caution, hesitancy, superego, reconsideration, faltering, hesitate, vacillate

Words nearby Scruple

scrumpy, scrunch, scruncheon, scrunchie, scrunchy, scruple, scrupulous, scrutable, scrutator, scrutineer, scrutinize

Origin of Scruple

1350–1400; (< French scrupule ) < Latin scrūpulus unit of weight, worry, precaution equivalent to scrūp(us ) rough pebble + -ulus -ule; replacing earlier scriple, Middle English < Latin scrīpulum (variant scriptulum ) small weight, pebble, alteration of scrūpulus by association with scrīptum writing (see script; for sense relation cf. gram1)

Other words from Scruple

scru·ple·less , adjective
o·ver·scru·ple , verb, o·ver·scru·pled, o·ver·scru·pling.
un·scru·pled , adjective

Word origin for Scruple

C16: from Latin scrūpulus a small weight, from scrūpus rough stone

Synonyms for Scruple

anxiety, caution, censor, compunction, conscience, demur, difficulty, faltering, hesitancy, hesitation, pause, perplexity, qualm, reconsideration, reluctance, squeamishness, superego, twinge, uneasiness, reluctancy, second thought