Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Usage example: he appeared not the least bit compunctious about ditching his date at the bar and walking off with the woman he had just met
Plaintive and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plaintive" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Plaintive
Plaintive adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Compunctious and plaintive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Plaintive".
Nearby Words: plaint, plaintively
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- pitiful and compunctious
- pitiful and plaintive
- melancholy and compunctious
- melancholy and plaintive
- woeful and compunctious
- woeful and plaintive
- wailing and compunctious
- wailing and plaintive
- sad and compunctious
- sad and plaintive
- unhappy and compunctious
- unhappy and plaintive
- sorry and compunctious
- sorry and plaintive
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