To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
Infinitivescruple
Past simplescrupled
Past participlescrupled
-ing formscrupling
Full conjugation of the English verb to scruple (past simple scrupled,
past participle scrupled):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
scruple
you
scruple
he/she/it
scruples
we
scruple
you
scruple
they
scruple
Present continuous
I
am scrupling
you
are scrupling
he/she/it
is scrupling
we
are scrupling
you
are scrupling
they
are scrupling
Present perfect
I
have scrupled
you
have scrupled
he/she/it
has scrupled
we
have scrupled
you
have scrupled
they
have scrupled
Present perfect continuous
I
have been scrupling
you
have been scrupling
he/she/it
has been scrupling
we
have been scrupling
you
have been scrupling
they
have been scrupling
Past simple
I
scrupled
you
scrupled
he/she/it
scrupled
we
scrupled
you
scrupled
they
scrupled
Past continuous
I
was scrupling
you
were scrupling
he/she/it
was scrupling
we
were scrupling
you
were scrupling
they
were scrupling
Past perfect
I
had scrupled
you
had scrupled
he/she/it
had scrupled
we
had scrupled
you
had scrupled
they
had scrupled
Past perfect continuous
I
had been scrupling
you
had been scrupling
he/she/it
had been scrupling
we
had been scrupling
you
had been scrupling
they
had been scrupling
Future simple
I
will scruple
you
will scruple
he/she/it
will scruple
we
will scruple
you
will scruple
they
will scruple
Future continuous
I
will be scrupling
you
will be scrupling
he/she/it
will be scrupling
we
will be scrupling
you
will be scrupling
they
will be scrupling
Future perfect
I
will have scrupled
you
will have scrupled
he/she/it
will have scrupled
we
will have scrupled
you
will have scrupled
they
will have scrupled
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been scrupling
you
will have been scrupling
he/she/it
will have been scrupling
we
will have been scrupling
you
will have been scrupling
they
will have been scrupling
Conditional
Present
I
would scruple
you
would scruple
he/she/it
would scruple
we
would scruple
you
would scruple
they
would scruple
Present continuous
I
would be scrupling
you
would be scrupling
he/she/it
would be scrupling
we
would be scrupling
you
would be scrupling
they
would be scrupling
Perfect
I
would have scrupled
you
would have scrupled
he/she/it
would have scrupled
we
would have scrupled
you
would have scrupled
they
would have scrupled
Perfect continuous
I
would have been scrupling
you
would have been scrupling
he/she/it
would have been scrupling
we
would have been scrupling
you
would have been scrupling
they
would have been scrupling
Subjunctive
Present
that I
scruple
that you
scruple
that he/she/it
scruple
that we
scruple
that you
scruple
that they
scruple
Past
if I
scrupled
if you
scrupled
if he/she/it
scrupled
if we
scrupled
if you
scrupled
if they
scrupled
Imperative
Affirmative
you
scruple
we
let's scruple
Negative
you
don't scruple
we
let's not scruple
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to scruple
Perfect infinitive
to have scrupled
Present participle / gerund
scrupling
Past participle
scrupled
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