- Very careful or precise - Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful;
hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing
wrong. - Careful; cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous
abstinence from labor; scrupulous performance of duties. - Given to making objections; captious. - Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice.