scruple | Definition of scruple

scruple

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of scruple

to show uncertainty about the right course of action

a tabloid journalist who has never scrupled to reveal the most intimate details about the lives of celebrities

Synonyms of scruple

balance, dither, falter, halt, hang back, hesitate, shilly-shally, stagger, teeter, vacillate, waver, wobble (also wabble)

Words Related to scruple

dally, dawdle, delay, linger, pause, procrastinate, wait

back down, chicken (out)

consider, debate, deliberate, ponder, weigh

oscillate, sway

equivocate, hedge, pussyfoot, waffle

Near Antonyms of scruple

advance, continue

Antonyms of scruple

dive (in), plunge (in)