Compunctious
Compunctious adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Shamed and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shamed" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Shamed
Shamed adjective - Suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.
Usage example: the shamed look of someone who knows that he is being given credit he doesn't deserve
Compunctious and shamed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Shamed".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sorry and compunctious
- sorry and shamed
- rueful and compunctious
- rueful and shamed
- regretful and compunctious
- regretful and shamed
- humbled and compunctious
- humbled and shamed
- humiliated and compunctious
- humiliated and shamed
- embarrassed and compunctious
- embarrassed and shamed
- sheepish and compunctious
- sheepish and shamed
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