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Showing words for SCRUPLES using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Scruples

scruples

7 Letter Words for Scruples

cupless, curpels, percuss, pulsers, scruple, sculper, spruces

6 Letter Words for Scruples

cruels, cruses, cupels, curpel, curple, curses, cusser, lucres, pluses, presul, pulers, pulser, pulses, purses, pusles, pussel, pusser, russel, sculps, slurps, specus, spruce, sprues, spules, sucres, superl, supers, surcle, ulcers

5 Letter Words for Scruples

clues, cress, cruel, crues, cruse, cupel, cures, curls, curse, cusps, ecrus, lepus, lerps, luces, lucre, lures, luser, press, pucer, puces, puers, puler, pules, pulse, purls, purse, puses, pusle, resup, rules, ruses, russe, scelp, scler, sculp, sculs, scups, scurs, scuse, secus, sluer, slues, slurp, slurs, sluse, specs, sprue, spues, spule, spurl, spurs, sucre, suers, super, supes, ulcer, users

4 Letter Words for Scruples

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

3 Letter Words for Scruples

cel, cep, cer, clr, cpl, cpr, cps, cpu, crl, crs, cru, csp, cue, cul, cup, cur, ecu, els, ers, esc, esp, esr, ess, 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, sps, sse, ssp, ssu, sue, sup, sur, sus, ule, ups, ure, urp, urs, use

Definitions for Scruples

[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 Scruples

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

Words nearby Scruples

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

Origin of Scruples

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 Scruples

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

Word origin for Scruples

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

Synonyms for Scruples

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