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
Weeping and compunctious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Weeping" instead an adjective "Compunctious".
Weeping
Weeping adjective - Bending downward or forward.
Compunctious and weeping are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compunctious" instead an adjective "Weeping".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and compunctious
- melancholy and weeping
- woeful and compunctious
- woeful and weeping
- wailing and compunctious
- wailing and weeping
- sad and compunctious
- sad and weeping
- unhappy and compunctious
- unhappy and weeping
- sorry and compunctious
- sorry and weeping
- sorrowful and compunctious
- sorrowful and weeping
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Weeping and Compunctious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/weeping
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Weeping or Compunctious. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compunctious/weeping.
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