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
Shamefaced and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shamefaced" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Shamefaced
Shamefaced adjective - Suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.
Usage example: the newspaper offered a shamefaced apology for having published photographs that were later exposed as fakes
Compunctious and shamefaced are semantically related. You can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Shamefaced". rare substitute
Nearby Word: shamefacedly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sorry and compunctious
- sorry and shamefaced
- rueful and compunctious
- rueful and shamefaced
- bashful and compunctious
- bashful and shamefaced
- regretful and compunctious
- regretful and shamefaced
- humiliated and compunctious
- humiliated and shamefaced
- embarrassed and compunctious
- embarrassed and shamefaced
- sheepish and compunctious
- sheepish and shamefaced
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