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
Grieving and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Grieving" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Grieving
Grieving adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Compunctious and grieving are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Grieving".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and compunctious
- melancholy and grieving
- woeful and compunctious
- woeful and grieving
- wailing and compunctious
- wailing and grieving
- disturbed and compunctious
- disturbed and grieving
- sad and compunctious
- sad and grieving
- unhappy and compunctious
- unhappy and grieving
- sorry and compunctious
- sorry and grieving
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