Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Mortified and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mortified" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Mortified
Mortified adjective - Made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride.
Compunctious and mortified are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Mortified".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- humble and compunctious
- humble and mortified
- sorry and compunctious
- sorry and mortified
- distressed and compunctious
- distressed and mortified
- regretful and compunctious
- regretful and mortified
- humbled and compunctious
- humbled and mortified
- humiliated and compunctious
- humiliated and mortified
- embarrassed and compunctious
- embarrassed and mortified
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Mortified and Compunctious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 12, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/mortified
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