English to Icelandic Meaning of scruple - scruple

Scruple :

scruple

noun

hik, hlé, sveiflur, vafi, gramm, Iota, hripa, snerta, grunur, öfund, vantrausti, samdráttur, skerðing

verb

vafi, Seesaw, shilly-Shally, skerða, samningur, hika

Scruple :: scrupleScrupled :: scrupledScruples :: scruplesScrupling :: scrupling

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Definitions of scruple in English

Noun(1) a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains(2) uneasiness about the fitness of an action(3) an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
Verb(1) hesitate on moral grounds(2) raise scruples(3) have doubts about

Examples of scruple in English

(1) At least, you may safely infer, said Philo, that the foregoing hypothesis is so far incomplete and imperfect; which I shall not scruple to allow.(2) give, daily, one scruple of sulphate of quinine(3) without scruple, politicians use fear as a persuasion weapon(4) without scruple, these politicians use fear as a persuasion weapon(5) In Central America, I witnessed civil war fought between guerrilla groups intent on imposing totalitarian tyranny on their societies, opposed by armies that didn't scruple to resort to massacre.(6) in the choice of a second wife, one scruple of prudence is worth a pound of passion(7) she doesn't scruple to ask her parents for money(8) 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.(9) Well, of course it's a joke, but it contains a scruple of truth.(10) One very black mark he had to his name; but the matter was hushed up at the time, and so defaced by legends before I came into those parts that I scruple to set it down.(11) A scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience.(12) The person once closest to Ryan had no scruples about using Ryan's weaknesses against him.(13) Everywhere in the world they start the same way: young men with more ambition than opportunities, more greed than scruples , join the underworld.(14) They had no scruples about the impurity of certain foods and some were non-vegetarian.(15) The movie takes us back to sci-fi of fantastic beasts, megalomaniac scientists and of course the eternal debate of science without scruples turning into a runaway train.(16) Sandy worried sometimes that she had after all let her desires override her scruples , but Nika's own determination bolstered her.

Related Phrases of scruple

(1) have scruples about ::

hafa scruples um

Related Phrases of scruple

(1) have scruples about ::

hafa scruples um

Synonyms

Noun

1. qualm ::

qualm

2. misgiving ::

misgiving

Verb

3. hesitate to ::

hika við að

4. be reluctant to ::

verið tregir til að

5. be loath to ::

vera loath að

6. have qualms about ::

hafa í vandræðum að

7. have scruples about ::

hafa scruples um

8. have misgivings about ::

hafa misgivings um

9. have reservations about ::

hafa efasemdir um

10. think twice about ::

hugsa sig tvisvar um

11. balk to ::

Balk til

12. demur to ::

demur til

13. recoil from ::

hrökkva undan frá

14. shrink from ::

skreppa frá

15. shy away from ::

feiminn í burtu frá

16. flinch from ::

hvika frá

Different Forms

scruple, scrupled, scruples, scrupling

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