scruple

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
• Hypernyms:
apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight
• Part Holonyms:
dram, drachm, drachma
• Part Meronyms:
grain
2. uneasiness about the fitness of an action
• Syn:
qualm, misgiving
• Derivationally related forms:
misgive (for: misgiving), scrupulous
• Hypernyms:
anxiety
3. an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
• Derivationally related forms:
scrupulous
• Hypernyms:
principle

II - verb

1. hesitate on moral grounds
- The man scrupled to perjure himself
• Hypernyms:
hesitate, pause
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. raise scruples
- He lied and did not even scruple about it
• Hypernyms:
fuss, niggle, fret
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
3. have doubts about
• Hypernyms:
wonder, question
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  qualm, misgiving