Word of the Day 05/28/25 Scrupulous
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1_million_wordsScrupulous (adjective)
scru·pu·lous [skroo-pyuh-luhs]
adjective
1. having scruples; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled.
2. punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact: a scrupulous performance.
OTHER WORDS FROM SCRUPULOUS
scru·pu·los·i·ty [skroo-pyuh-los-i-tee] , scru·pu·lous·ness, noun
scru·pu·lous·ly, adverb
hy·per·scru·pu·los·i·ty, noun
hy·per·scru·pu·lous, adjective
hy·per·scru·pu·lous·ly, adverb
hy·per·scru·pu·lous·ness, noun
un·der·scru·pu·lous, adjective
un·der·scru·pu·lous·ly, adverb
WORDS RELATED TO SCRUPULOUS
precise, meticulous, fastidious, honest, strict, painstaking, conscientious, rigorous, fussy, critical, exact, heedful, honorable, just, minute, moral, nice, particular, punctilious, punctual
Synonyms
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1. conscientious, cautious, careful, circumspect.
2. exacting, rigorous. Scrupulous, punctilious imply abiding exactly by rules. Scrupulous implies conscientious carefulness in attending to details: scrupulous attention to details. Punctilious suggests strictness, preciseness, and rigidity, especially in observance of social conventions.
Antonyms
2. careless.
Origin: 1400–50; late Middle English < Latin scrupulosus. See scruple, -ous
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR SCRUPULOUS
Nonetheless, the test pilots, both known to be scrupulous in their preparations, felt confident enough to go.
VIRGIN GALACTIC’S FLIGHT PATH TO DISASTER: A CLASH OF HIGH RISK AND HYPERBOLE|CLIVE IRVING|NOVEMBER 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tear out your guts and put them on the page, with scrupulous, faithful, unromantic honesty.
BOYS DON’T CRY: IN PRAISE OF SENTIMENT|ANDREW SEAN GREER|JUNE 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
These customers could not hear what this scrupulous real estate agent told them about the dangers of this kind of risk.
FRUM BEAST IN THE NEWS|DAVID FRUM|JANUARY 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Perhaps the Chinese mining company will proceed with scrupulous care.
AFGHANISTAN’S MINERAL WEALTH COULD BE A BONANZA—OR LEAD TO DISASTER|DR. CHERYL BENARD|JULY 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Under Asali, it pursues its mission with scrupulous independence, and declines to serve as a prop in anyone else's dramas.
WE NEED TO TALK|HUSSEIN IBISH|MAY 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Our scrupulous soldiers feel edified at my conversion, and now no longer reproach me with too much love for joy, wine and women!
THE CASQUE'S LARK|EUGNE SUE
The scrupulous care bestowed upon us and our belongings by the innkeepers excited remark.
AN AMERICAN FOUR-IN-HAND IN BRITAIN|ANDREW CARNEGIE
If our Northern cities were as scrupulous, we wonder where their many horse railroads would be!
PECULIARITIES OF AMERICAN CITIES|WILLARD GLAZIER
He is a grave and scrupulous personage; therefore he has been made a magistrate.
NAPOLEON THE LITTLE|VICTOR HUGO
They observed Nature to be an economist, and practiced economy with scrupulous exactness.
MIZORA: A PROPHECY|MARY E. BRADLEY
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
scru·pu·lous [skroo-pyuh-luhs]
adjective
1. having scruples; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled.
2. punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact: a scrupulous performance.
OTHER WORDS FROM SCRUPULOUS
scru·pu·los·i·ty [skroo-pyuh-los-i-tee] , scru·pu·lous·ness, noun
scru·pu·lous·ly, adverb
hy·per·scru·pu·los·i·ty, noun
hy·per·scru·pu·lous, adjective
hy·per·scru·pu·lous·ly, adverb
hy·per·scru·pu·lous·ness, noun
un·der·scru·pu·lous, adjective
un·der·scru·pu·lous·ly, adverb
WORDS RELATED TO SCRUPULOUS
precise, meticulous, fastidious, honest, strict, painstaking, conscientious, rigorous, fussy, critical, exact, heedful, honorable, just, minute, moral, nice, particular, punctilious, punctual
Synonyms
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1. conscientious, cautious, careful, circumspect.
2. exacting, rigorous. Scrupulous, punctilious imply abiding exactly by rules. Scrupulous implies conscientious carefulness in attending to details: scrupulous attention to details. Punctilious suggests strictness, preciseness, and rigidity, especially in observance of social conventions.
Antonyms
2. careless.
Origin: 1400–50; late Middle English < Latin scrupulosus. See scruple, -ous
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR SCRUPULOUS
Nonetheless, the test pilots, both known to be scrupulous in their preparations, felt confident enough to go.
VIRGIN GALACTIC’S FLIGHT PATH TO DISASTER: A CLASH OF HIGH RISK AND HYPERBOLE|CLIVE IRVING|NOVEMBER 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tear out your guts and put them on the page, with scrupulous, faithful, unromantic honesty.
BOYS DON’T CRY: IN PRAISE OF SENTIMENT|ANDREW SEAN GREER|JUNE 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
These customers could not hear what this scrupulous real estate agent told them about the dangers of this kind of risk.
FRUM BEAST IN THE NEWS|DAVID FRUM|JANUARY 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Perhaps the Chinese mining company will proceed with scrupulous care.
AFGHANISTAN’S MINERAL WEALTH COULD BE A BONANZA—OR LEAD TO DISASTER|DR. CHERYL BENARD|JULY 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Under Asali, it pursues its mission with scrupulous independence, and declines to serve as a prop in anyone else's dramas.
WE NEED TO TALK|HUSSEIN IBISH|MAY 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Our scrupulous soldiers feel edified at my conversion, and now no longer reproach me with too much love for joy, wine and women!
THE CASQUE'S LARK|EUGNE SUE
The scrupulous care bestowed upon us and our belongings by the innkeepers excited remark.
AN AMERICAN FOUR-IN-HAND IN BRITAIN|ANDREW CARNEGIE
If our Northern cities were as scrupulous, we wonder where their many horse railroads would be!
PECULIARITIES OF AMERICAN CITIES|WILLARD GLAZIER
He is a grave and scrupulous personage; therefore he has been made a magistrate.
NAPOLEON THE LITTLE|VICTOR HUGO
They observed Nature to be an economist, and practiced economy with scrupulous exactness.
MIZORA: A PROPHECY|MARY E. BRADLEY
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
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