Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Conscience-struck and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Conscience-struck" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Conscience-struck
Compunctious and conscience-struck are semantically related. You can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective phrase "Conscience-struck".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sorry and compunctious
- sorry and conscience-struck
- rueful and compunctious
- rueful and conscience-struck
- regretful and compunctious
- regretful and conscience-struck
- sheepish and compunctious
- sheepish and conscience-struck
- ashamed and compunctious
- ashamed and conscience-struck
- abashed and compunctious
- abashed and conscience-struck
- penitent and compunctious
- penitent and conscience-struck
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Conscience-struck and Compunctious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/conscience-struck
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Conscience-struck or Compunctious. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/conscience-struck.
