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- Dictionarycompunctious/kəmˈpʌŋkʃəs/
adjective
- 1. characterized by guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad: "compunctious feelings of apprehension"
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1. a. : anxiety arising from awareness of guilt. compunctions of conscience. b. : distress of mind over an anticipated action or result. … showed no compunction in planning devilish engines of … destruction. Havelock Ellis. 2. : a twinge of misgiving : scruple. cheated without compunction.
Compunctious definition: causing or feeling compunction; regretful.. See examples of COMPUNCTIOUS used in a sentence.
COMPUNCTIOUS definition: causing or feeling compunction ; regretful | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.
Synonyms for COMPUNCTIOUS: ashamed, sorry, remorseful, apologetic, regretful, repentant, rueful, contrite; Antonyms of COMPUNCTIOUS: unrepentant, remorseless, unapologetic, ruthless, cruel, pitiless, merciless, impenitent.
1. A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt: stole the money without compunction. See Synonyms at penitence. 2. A sting of conscience or a pang of doubt aroused by wrongdoing or the prospect of wrongdoing: "commercial speculators and hired politicians who had no compunction about pillaging their country for personal gain" (Leo Damrosch).
Aug 31, 2023 · compunctious (comparative more compunctious, superlative most compunctious) Exhibiting compunctions, scruples, feelings of guilt.
"compunctious" is a legitimate word that can be used in written English. It is an adjective that means feeling or expressing remorse or guilt; contrite. For example, "After realizing what he had done, he was compunctious and apologized to his friend.".
