Word Explorer

Scrupled

To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.

📖 Definitions of "Scrupled"

verb
  1. 1

    To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.

  2. 2

    To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.

  3. 3

    To regard with suspicion; to question.

  4. 4

    To question the truth of (a fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question.

    "I do not scruple to admit that all the Earth seeth but only half of the Moon."

Translate “Scrupled” into Another Language

Pick a language — the word will be pre-filled in the translator.

Home/Dictionary/Scrupled