Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Usage example: he appeared not the least bit compunctious about ditching his date at the bar and walking off with the woman he had just met
Dolorous and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dolorous" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Dolorous
Dolorous adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Compunctious and dolorous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Dolorous".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- pitiful and compunctious
- pitiful and dolorous
- melancholy and compunctious
- melancholy and dolorous
- woeful and compunctious
- woeful and dolorous
- sad and compunctious
- sad and dolorous
- unhappy and compunctious
- unhappy and dolorous
- bad and compunctious
- bad and dolorous
- sorry and compunctious
- sorry and dolorous
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