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
Rueful and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rueful" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Rueful
Rueful adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Usage example: a rueful youth who had come to ask for forgiveness for online bullying
Compunctious and rueful are semantically related. You can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Rueful". rare substitute
Nearby Words: ruefulness, ruefully
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- pitiful and compunctious
- pitiful and rueful
- melancholy and compunctious
- melancholy and rueful
- woeful and compunctious
- woeful and rueful
- sad and compunctious
- sad and rueful
- sorry and compunctious
- sorry and rueful
- sorrowful and compunctious
- sorrowful and rueful
- dolorous and compunctious
- dolorous and rueful
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