Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Heavyhearted and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heavyhearted" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Heavyhearted
Heavyhearted adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Compunctious and heavyhearted are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Heavyhearted".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and compunctious
- melancholy and heavyhearted
- woeful and compunctious
- woeful and heavyhearted
- sad and compunctious
- sad and heavyhearted
- unhappy and compunctious
- unhappy and heavyhearted
- bad and compunctious
- bad and heavyhearted
- sorry and compunctious
- sorry and heavyhearted
- sorrowful and compunctious
- sorrowful and heavyhearted
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Heavyhearted and Compunctious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/heavyhearted
Compunctious & Heavyhearted. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/heavyhearted>.
Heavyhearted or Compunctious. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/heavyhearted.
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