English-Thai Dictionary

scrupulous

ADJ ซึ่ง คำนึงถึง ศีลธรรม  moral ethical sueng-kam-nung-tung-sin-la-tam

 

scrupulous

ADJ ละเอียด รอบคอบ  เคร่งครัด  strict punctilious la-iad-rob-kob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCRUPULOUS

a.[L. scrupulosus.] 1. Nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act; cautious in decision from a fear of offending or doing wrong. Be careful in moral conduct, not to offend scrupulous brethren.
The judges that say upon the jail, and those that attended, sickened upon it and died.
2. To be satiated; to be filled to disgust.
3. To become disgusting or tedious. The toiling pleasure sickens into pain.
4. To be disgusted; to be filled with aversion or abhorrence. He sickened at the sight of so much human misery.
5. To become weak to decay; to languish. Plants often sicken and die. All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink.

 

SCRUPULOUSLY

adv. With a nice regard to minute particulars or to exact propriety. The duty consists not scrupolously in minutes and half hours. Taylor.
Henry was scrupulously careful not to ascribe the sucess to himself. Addison.

 

SCRUPULOUSNESS

n.The state or quality of being scrupulous; niceness, exactness or caution in determining or in acting, from a regard to truth, propriety or expedience.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCRUPULOUS

Scru "pu *lous, a. Etym: [L. scrupulosus: cf. F. scrupuleux. ]

 

1. Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong. Abusing their liberty, to the offense of their weak brethren which were scrupulous. Hooker.

 

2. Careful; cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous abstinence from labor; scrupulous performance of duties.

 

3. Given to making objections; captious. [Obs. ] Equality of two domestic powers Breed scrupulous faction. Shak.

 

4. Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice. [Obs. ] The justice of that cause ought to be evident; not obscrure, not scrupulous. Bacon.

 

Syn. -- Cautious; careful; conscientious; hesitating. -- Scru "pu *lous *ly, adv. -- Scru "pu *lous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

scrupulous

scru pu lous |ˈskro͞opyələs ˈskrupjələs | ▶adjective (of a person or process ) diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details: the research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail. • very concerned to avoid doing wrong: she's too scrupulous to have an affair with a married man. DERIVATIVES scru pu los i ty |ˌskro͞opyəˈläsitē |noun, scru pu lous ly adverb [ as submodifier ] : she was scrupulously polite, scru pu lous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘troubled with doubts ’): from French scrupuleux or Latin scrupulosus, from scrupulus (see scruple ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

scrupulous

scru ¦pu |lous |ˈskruːpjʊləs | ▶adjective (of a person or process ) diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details: the research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail. • very concerned to avoid doing wrong: she's too scrupulous to have an affair with a married man. DERIVATIVES scrupulosity |-ˈlɒsɪti |noun, scrupulously adverb [ as submodifier ] : she was scrupulously polite, scrupulousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘troubled with doubts ’): from French scrupuleux or Latin scrupulosus, from scrupulus (see scruple ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

scrupulous

scrupulous adjective 1 scrupulous attention to detail: careful, meticulous, painstaking, thorough, assiduous, sedulous, attentive, conscientious, punctilious, searching, close, minute, rigorous, particular, strict. ANTONYMS careless. 2 a scrupulous man: honest, honorable, upright, upstanding, high-minded, right-minded, moral, ethical, good, virtuous, principled, incorruptible. ANTONYMS dishonest.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

scrupulous

scrupulous adjective 1 the research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail: careful, meticulous, painstaking, thorough, assiduous, sedulous, attentive, diligent, conscientious, ultra-careful, punctilious, searching, close, elaborate, minute, studious, rigorous, particular; religious, strict; pedantic, fussy. ANTONYMS careless, slapdash. 2 the finances were in the hands of one of our most scrupulous colleagues: honest, honourable, upright, upstanding, high-minded, righteous, right-minded, moral, ethical, good, virtuous, principled, proper, correct, just, noble, incorruptible, conscientious, respectable, decent. ANTONYMS dishonest, unscrupulous.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

scrupulous

scru pu lous /skrúːpjələs /形容詞 1 〖通例 be ～〗誠実な, 公正な, あくまで良心的な ▸ scrupulous performance of duties 職務の良心的な遂行 .2 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗細心の 〈注意 〉, 綿密 [緻密 （ちみつ ）]な .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞