Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Melancholy and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Melancholy" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Melancholy
Melancholy adjective - Causing unhappiness.
Compunctious and melancholy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Melancholy".
Nearby Words: melancholic, melancholia
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- woeful and compunctious
- woeful and melancholy
- sad and compunctious
- sad and melancholy
- unhappy and compunctious
- unhappy and melancholy
- sorry and compunctious
- sorry and melancholy
- sorrowful and compunctious
- sorrowful and melancholy
- disconsolate and compunctious
- disconsolate and melancholy
- dolorous and compunctious
- dolorous and melancholy
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