Dictionary Definition
scrupulous adj
1 having scruples; arising from a sense of right
and wrong; principled; "less scrupulous producers sent bundles that
were deceptive in appearance" [ant: unscrupulous]
2 characterized by extreme care and great effort;
"conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking
research"; "scrupulous attention to details" [syn: conscientious, painstaking]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
scrupulous- Exactly and carefully conducted.
- He is scrupulous in his finances.
- Having scruples or
compunctions.
- He is a scrupulous businessman and always acts in the best interest of his company.
Translations
meticulous
- Danish: omhyggelig
having scruples
- Danish: samvittighedsfuld
having principles
Synonyms
Antonyms
Extensive Definition
The word scruples or scruple can mean:
- Misgivings
- A unit of apothecary weight. It is equivalent to a twenty-fourth part of an ounce, 1.3 grams, or 20 grains
- Scruples (novel), a novel by Judith Krantz
- Scruples (mini-series), 1980 mini-series starring Lindsay Wagner based on the novel
- Scruples (game), a board game by Henry Makow
See also
- Scrupulosity, obsessive concern with one's own sins
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Pyrrhonic, accurate, active, agnostic, analyze, attentive, bashful, boggling, canvass, careful, case, cautious, censorious, check over, check
up, choicy, choosy, close, comb, compliant, con, conforming, conscientious, conscionable, consider, constant, contemplate, correct, critical, deferential, delicate, demanding, demurring, detailed, devoted, devout, diffident, dig into, discriminating, discriminative, dissect, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, duteous, dutiful, ethical, exact, exacting, examine, exigent, exquisite, eye, eyeball, fair-minded, faithful, faltering, fastidious, fine, finical, finicking, finicky, from Missouri, fussy, heedful, hesitant, hesitating, high-minded,
honest, honorable, in doubt, inspect, just, leery, look over, loyal, methodical, meticulous, mindful, minute, mistrustful, mistrusting, modest, moral, narrow, neat, nice, obedient, observant, orderly, overconscientious,
overlook, overscrupulous, painstaking, particular, penetrate, perfectionistic,
perlustrate,
peruse, picky, pierce, pore over, practicing, precious, precise, precisian, precisianistic, precisionist, precisionistic, priggish, principled, probe, prudish, punctilious, punctual, puristic, puritanic, qualmish, questioning, refined, regardful, religious, respectful, right, righteous, rigid, rigorous, scan, scrutinize, scrutinizing, selective, sensitive, severe, shrinking, shy, skeptical, squeamish, stickling, strict, study, subtle, survey, suspecting, suspicious,
tender-conscienced, true,
uncertain, untrusting, upstanding, vet, view, wary, watch, weigh