Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Crestfallen and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Crestfallen" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Crestfallen
Crestfallen adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Compunctious and crestfallen are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Crestfallen".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and compunctious
- melancholy and crestfallen
- woeful and compunctious
- woeful and crestfallen
- sad and compunctious
- sad and crestfallen
- unhappy and compunctious
- unhappy and crestfallen
- sorry and compunctious
- sorry and crestfallen
- sorrowful and compunctious
- sorrowful and crestfallen
- disconsolate and compunctious
- disconsolate and crestfallen
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Crestfallen and Compunctious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/crestfallen
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Crestfallen or Compunctious. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/crestfallen.
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