Answer to "Twinge of conscience" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SCRUPLE , but the solution may also be QUALM which is one of the most recent solution (2005 in LA Times).

Twinge of conscience crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SCRUPLE	33 %	7
REMORSE	33 %	7
QUALM	33 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Twinge of conscience

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• qualm
• scruple
• compunction
• prick
• pang
• ache
• gird
• pain
• touch
• touched
• heartache
• pique

Crossword Answer definitions

SCRUPLE noun

1. A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
2. (by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.
3. A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
4. Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
5. A Hebrew unit of time equal to 1/1080 hour.

SCRUPLE verb

1. To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
2. To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
3. To regard with suspicion; to question.
4. To question the truth of (a fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result SCRUPLE

• Moral restraint
• Moral compunction
• Inhibiting standard
• One might make you stop and think
• Bit of moral fiber
• Moral consideration
• 20 grains
• Ethical consideration
• Inhibiting moral principle
• Hesitant feeling in matters of conscience.

More clues leading to the result REMORSE

• Self-reproach
• Compunction
• Atoner's emotion
• "One man's ___ is another man's reminiscence": Ogden Nash
• Contrition
• Moral anguish
• Breast-beating
• Retrospective regret
• Sorrowful feeling
• Guilt

More clues leading to the result QUALM

• Sudden disturbing feeling
• Pang or misgiving
• Reservation
• Uneasy feeling
• Feeling of uneasiness
• Apprehension
• Misgiving
• Twinge of conscience
• Compunction
• Pang of conscience