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scrupling

verb , present participle of scruple

Synonyms and Antonyms of scrupling

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 scrupling

balancing, dithering, faltering, halting, hanging back, hesitating, shilly-shallying, staggering, teetering, vacillating, wavering, wobbling (also wabbling)

Words Related to scrupling

hawing, hemming

dallying, dawdling, delaying, lingering, pausing, procrastinating, waiting

backing down, chickening (out)

considering, debating, deliberating, pondering, weighing

oscillating, swaying

equivocating, hedging, pussyfooting, waffling

Near Antonyms of scrupling

budging, stirring

advancing, continuing

Antonyms of scrupling

diving (in), plunging (in)

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