Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Embarrassed and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Embarrassed" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Embarrassed
Embarrassed adjective - Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious.
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Synonyms for Embarrassed
Compunctious and embarrassed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Embarrassed".
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Related pairs
- sorry and compunctious
- sorry and embarrassed
- shy and compunctious
- shy and embarrassed
- regretful and compunctious
- regretful and embarrassed
- humiliated and compunctious
- humiliated and embarrassed
- sheepish and compunctious
- sheepish and embarrassed
- mortified and compunctious
- mortified and embarrassed
- ashamed and compunctious
- ashamed and embarrassed
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