scruple
/ˈskruːp(ə)l/
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American sound/ˈskruːp(ə)l/
scruple
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- Final e often stays silent
scrup - le -> scruple
Myanmar meaning
(n) သိက္ခာစောင့်ထိန်းသည်။ မကောင်းမှုမှရှောင်ရှားစေသောကိုယ်ကျင့်တရား။ သိက္ခာစောင့်စည်းမှု။
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scruple /'skru:pl/ n [U,C often pl ]
မကောင်းမှုမှရှောင်ရှားစေသော ကိုယ်ကျင့်တရား။ သိက္ခာစောင့်စည်းမှု။ moral/religious scruples ❍ He had no scruples about buying stolen goods. ❍ She is totally without scruple.
v (fml ) (usu in negative sentences) သိက္ခာစောင့်ထိန်းသည်။ She wouldn't scruple to tell a lie if she thought it would be to her advantage.
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misgiving, doubt, qualm, compunction, hesitation, regret, second thought, pang of conscience, anxiety, balk, be loath, be reluctant, be unwilling, boggle, caution, censor, conscience, demur, difficulty, falter, faltering, fret, gag, have misgivings, have qualms, hesitancy, hesitate, pause, perplexity, question, reconsideration, reluctance, reluctancy, shy, squeamishness, stick, stickle, stumble, superego, suspicion, think twice about, twinge, uneasiness, vacillate, waver, worry
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