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# How to pronounce "scrupled" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/skrʌplɛd/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **scru·pled**

## Meaning & Usage

### VERB
- simple past and past participle of scruple

### Example Sentences
- "she scrupled to call herself a poet for serious reasons too her PO poetic had been so long about poems which didn't seem to be proper poems which weren't"
- "pie never scrupled to ask questions in this instance the rest of the class felt grateful to her none of them would have dared to ask it of Miss Stacy but all"

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (7 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "scrupled" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "she scrupled to call herself a poet for serious reasons too her PO poetic had been so long about poems which didn't seem to be proper poems which weren't"
- **Watch at 47:57**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUsq25FEJJ8&t=2877s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> "pie never scrupled to ask questions in this instance the rest of the class felt grateful to her none of them would have dared to ask it of Miss Stacy but all"
- **Watch at 456:14**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tlkTOPYU6I&t=27374s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "is why men have scrupled to attempt it before one single Gale such as now"
- **Watch at 545:40**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVMsoDBO1jA&t=32740s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "nothing is more common and our popular histories have not scrupled to assert it following the lead of those who wrote Our annals I may say that he who"
- **Watch at 24:32**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02dKUQSDcQA&t=1472s)

### Example 5
*Accent: US*
> "simple and unambiguous statement. Some have not scrupled to argue that it covers the entire cost of the war; for, they point out, the entire"
- **Watch at 147:31**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCbkMkOScFs&t=8851s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "met with shouts of approval the princess was very popular and the chancellor himself had not scrupled to hint to me that the more I pressed my suit and the"
- **Watch at 124:57**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip3lTsffj20&t=7497s)

### Example 7
*Accent: US*
> "spirits oppressed to the utmost by the conversation of Mrs. Jennings, who scrupled not to attribute the severity and danger of this attack to the many"
- **Watch at 535:06**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70odQG3TpRM&t=32106s)


## How to Pronounce "scrupled"

- **Syllables**: scru · pled
- **IPA**: `/skrʌplɛd/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Words

### Word Forms
[scruple](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/scruple)

### Related Terms
[unscrupled](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/unscrupled)

### Related Concepts
[s.ap.](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/sap)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “scrupled”?
“scrupled” is pronounced /skrʌplɛd/ (scru · pled). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “scrupled”?
“scrupled” has 2 syllables: scru · pled.

### What does “scrupled” mean?
simple past and past participle of scruple

### How can I hear “scrupled” used in real sentences?
This page has 7 real-world video examples of “scrupled” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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