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
Adjective
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Some of my relatives are gluten free, a friend is allergic to bacon, and a co-worker (who shall go unnamed but should be ashamed) loathes mayonnaise.—
Sarah Schutte,
National Review,
27 July 2025 -
Adopt don't shop, anyone breeding dogs like this should be ashamed of themselves.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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At the end of the day, Ohtani was pitching into the fourth inning for the first time since his second Tommy John surgery, so the Dodgers were likely playing it safe rather than sorry.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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Screenwriter Busch, who, gay and in his 30s, played the 16-year-old teenage girl Gidget — sorry, Chicklet — in his original off-Broadway stage show here plays the detective-in-drag investigating the murders.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Officers said Neal was remorseful during interviews.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 July 2025
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Central to his sentencing was whether Santos truly felt remorseful.—
Mychael Schnell,
The Hill,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Just by being myself and being fair and apologetic and honest.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Aug. 2025
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Turner was apologetic before learning her sentence.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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Kim’s regretful aria in Act 1 — suspecting his own brother of his father’s murder, Artaserse has mistakenly ordered him to be executed — was a turning point.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2025
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Even really successful cast members are a little regretful or self-deprecating about it, or feel anxious even talking about it.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
18 June 2025
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“Compunctious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compunctious. Accessed 10 Aug. 2025.
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