The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SCRUPLE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2017.
Small moral misgiving crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCRUPLE | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Small moral misgiving
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- scruple
- qualm
- regret
- issue
- problem
- suspicion
- give
- fear
- feel
- question
- soupcon
- surveillance
Crossword Answer definitions
SCRUPLE noun- A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
- (by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.
- A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
- Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
- A Hebrew unit of time equal to 1/1080 hour.
- To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
- To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
- To regard with suspicion; to question.
- To question the truth of (a fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question.
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