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scruplenoun1 a very small amountwent about her business without even a scruple of suspicion ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, nip, ounce, particle, peanuts, ray, scintilla, shade, shadow, shred, skosh, smack, smell, smidgen(also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), snap, soupçon, spark, spatter, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, touch, trace hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whitatom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrapdash, drop, pinchpart, portion, sectionbite, nibble, tastehandful, scattering, smatter, smatteringdose, shotchip, flake, fragment, shard, shiver, sliver, smithereens, splintertatterclipping, paring, shaving drop in the bucket abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, lashings(also lashins, chiefly British), loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealthvolumebonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surpluschunk, hunk, lump, slab a very small pieceleft just a scruple of asparagus on the plate atom, bit, crumb, dribble, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, nugget, particle, patch, scrap, snip, snippet, speck, tittle ace, dab, dash, driblet, drop, fraction, haet(chiefly Scottish), halfpenny, ha'penny, iota, jot, kenning(chiefly Scottish), lick, minim, mite, modicum, nutshell, ounce, pinch, shred, smatter, smidgen(also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), spot, strain, streak, suspicion, taste, touch, trace, whisper, whitbite, mouthful, nibble, tidbit(also titbit)fragment, part, portion, sectionchip, flake, shard, shiver, sliver, splinterclipping, paring, shavingsmithereens chunk, gob, hunk, lump, slababundance, barrel, bucket, bushel, deal, heaps, loads, mass, mountain, peck, pile, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, scads, stack, volume, wad, wealth an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to dothe survey showed that many students had few scruples about cheating on papers or exams compunction, misgiving, qualm consciencedistrust, doubt, dubiety, incertitude, misdoubt, mistrust, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainness, uncertaintyqualmishness, unease, uneasinessreluctance, unwillingnessdemur, fuss, objection, protest, question, remonstranceaversion, disinclination, indisposition, reluctance, unwillingnessguilt, regret, remorse, self-reproach, shamecontrition, penitence, repentance aplomb, assurance, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness to show uncertainty about the right course of actiona tabloid journalist who has never scrupled to reveal the most intimate details about the lives of celebrities balance, dither, falter, halt, hang back, hesitate, shilly-shally, stagger, teeter, vacillate, waver, wobble(also wabble) haw, hemdally, dawdle, delay, linger, pause, procrastinate, waitback down, chicken (out)consider, debate, deliberate, ponder, weighoscillate, swayequivocate, hedge, pussyfoot, waffle dive (in), plunge (in) decidebudge, stiradvance, continue n.qualm, scruple, compunction, demur mean a misgiving about what one is doing or going to do.qualm implies an uneasy fear that one is not following one's conscience or better judgment.no qualms about plagiarizing scruple implies doubt of the rightness of an act on grounds of principle.no scruples against buying stolen goods compunction implies a spontaneous feeling of responsibility or compassion for a potential victim.had compunctions about lying demur implies hesitation caused by objection to an outside suggestion or influence.accepted her decision without demur in the 14th century |