scruple
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
Types & categories
- apothecaries' unit hypernym
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 verb
hesitate on moral grounds
The man scrupled to perjure himself
Types & categories
- pause hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
uneasiness about the fitness of an action
Types & categories
- anxiety hypernym
Related & opposite
- misgive derivation
- scruple derivation
- scruple derivation
- scruple derivation
- scrupulous derivation
Sense 4 verb
raise scruples
He lied and did not even scruple about it
Types & categories
- fuss hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
Types & categories
- principle hypernym
Related & opposite
- scruple derivation
- scruple derivation
- scruple derivation
- scrupulous derivation
Sense 6 verb
have doubts about
Types & categories
- wonder hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | drachm |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | grain |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | apothecaries' unit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scruple |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | misgiving |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pause |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | misgive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scruple |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scruple |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scruple |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrupulous |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | anxiety |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | scruple |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | misgiving |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fuss |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | scruple |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | scruple |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | scruple |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrupulous |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | principle |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | scruple |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | misgiving |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | wonder |