Synonyms of scrupling

scrupling

verb

present participle of scruple

as in hesitating

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 & Similar Words

• hesitating
• faltering
• hanging back
• wabbling
• debating
• waiting
• dithering
• wavering
• vacillating
• balancing
• staggering
• halting
• wobbling
• pausing
• shilly-shallying
• swaying
• lingering
• teetering
• backing down
• delaying
• procrastinating
• hemming
• dawdling
• pondering
• weighing
• hawing
• deliberating
• chickening (out)
• oscillating
• considering
• waffling
• hedging
• equivocating
• dallying
• pussyfooting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plunging (in)
• diving (in)
• deciding
• continuing
• stirring
• advancing
• budging