Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Chastened and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Chastened" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Chastened
Compunctious and chastened are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Chastened".
Nearby Words: chaste, chastening
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- humble and compunctious
- humble and chastened
- sad and compunctious
- sad and chastened
- sorry and compunctious
- sorry and chastened
- sorrowful and compunctious
- sorrowful and chastened
- rueful and compunctious
- rueful and chastened
- regretful and compunctious
- regretful and chastened
- embarrassed and compunctious
- embarrassed and chastened
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Chastened and Compunctious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/chastened
Compunctious & Chastened. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/chastened>.
Chastened or Compunctious. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/chastened.
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