Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Heartbroken and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heartbroken" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Heartbroken
Heartbroken adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Compunctious and heartbroken are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Heartbroken".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and compunctious
- melancholy and heartbroken
- woeful and compunctious
- woeful and heartbroken
- uncomfortable and compunctious
- uncomfortable and heartbroken
- sad and compunctious
- sad and heartbroken
- unhappy and compunctious
- unhappy and heartbroken
- bad and compunctious
- bad and heartbroken
- sorry and compunctious
- sorry and heartbroken
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Heartbroken and Compunctious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/heartbroken
Compunctious & Heartbroken. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/heartbroken>.
Heartbroken or Compunctious. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/heartbroken.
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