Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Guilty and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Guilty" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Guilty
Guilty adjective - Suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.
Usage example: she was burdened with a guilty conscience after stealing the newspaper from the newsstand
Compunctious and guilty are semantically related. You can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Guilty". rare substitute
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sorry and compunctious
- sorry and guilty
- sorrowful and compunctious
- sorrowful and guilty
- rueful and compunctious
- rueful and guilty
- regretful and compunctious
- regretful and guilty
- humiliated and compunctious
- humiliated and guilty
- embarrassed and compunctious
- embarrassed and guilty
- sheepish and compunctious
- sheepish and guilty
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