compunctious

adjective

Definition of compunctiousnext
as in ashamed
feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done he appeared not the least bit compunctious about ditching his friends at the restaurant and leaving them to pay the bill

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compunctious
  1. ashamed
  2. sorry
  3. remorseful
  4. apologetic
  5. regretful
Adjective
  • Too many people too ashamed, suspicious, or fearful to speak.
    Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Don’t feel ashamed that your resume is missing a date, diploma, employment, or skill.
    AllBusiness, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of ashamed
Adjective
  • There’s no room for feeling sorry for ourselves in the NBA, in life in general.
    Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The teen’s attorney, Bob Dunlap, said at the time his client was sorry for what occurred.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of sorry
Adjective
  • Rasmussen’s family challenged that finding, saying Lazarus didn't appear remorseful and questioning why the board relied on the state’s youthful offender law in her case.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The crew seems to have learned their lesson, or at least put on their most remorseful faces.
    Emma Soren, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of remorseful
Adjective
  • So either stage it or don’t, but packaging its grandeur with an apologetic shrug is trying to have it both ways.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Women were expected to be apologetic and submissive.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of apologetic
Adjective
  • A day later, Harbaugh wasn’t so much as regretful as he was discontented.
    Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Nov. 2024
  • He's earned this opportunity by growing into what appears to be a good young man after being, like many of us, a youth full of regretful decisions.
    Phil Hay, The Athletic, 3 Aug. 2024
Definition of regretful
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