Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Distressed and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Distressed" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Distressed
Distressed adjective - Generalized feeling of distress.
Compunctious and distressed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Distressed".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and compunctious
- melancholy and distressed
- woeful and compunctious
- woeful and distressed
- disturbed and compunctious
- disturbed and distressed
- sad and compunctious
- sad and distressed
- unhappy and compunctious
- unhappy and distressed
- sorry and compunctious
- sorry and distressed
- sorrowful and compunctious
- sorrowful and distressed
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