Ashamed
Ashamed adjective - Suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.
Usage example: wearing a very ashamed look
Compunctious is a synonym for ashamed in regretting topic. In some cases you can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Ashamed", when it comes to topics like remorseful. rare substitute
Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Usage example: he appeared not the least bit compunctious about ditching his date at the bar and walking off with the woman he had just met
Ashamed is a synonym for compunctious in remorseful topic. You can use "Ashamed" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sorry and ashamed
- sorry and compunctious
- rueful and ashamed
- rueful and compunctious
- regretful and ashamed
- regretful and compunctious
- humiliated and ashamed
- humiliated and compunctious
- embarrassed and ashamed
- embarrassed and compunctious
- sheepish and ashamed
- sheepish and compunctious
- mortified and ashamed
- mortified and compunctious
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