Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Humbled and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Humbled" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Humbled
Humbled adjective - Subdued or brought low in condition or status.
Compunctious and humbled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Humbled".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- humble and compunctious
- humble and humbled
- sorry and compunctious
- sorry and humbled
- crestfallen and compunctious
- crestfallen and humbled
- humiliated and compunctious
- humiliated and humbled
- embarrassed and compunctious
- embarrassed and humbled
- sheepish and compunctious
- sheepish and humbled
- mortified and compunctious
- mortified and humbled
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