Compunction
Compunction noun - An uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do.
Meanness
Meanness noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Compunction is an antonym for meanness.
How words are described
| real | real compunction | real meanness |
Cite this Source
Meanness and Compunction. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunction/meanness
Compunction & Meanness. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunction/meanness>.
Meanness or Compunction. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunction/meanness.
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