compunctious
nounHow to pronounce compunctious:
Definition of compunctious:
- compunctious (noun):
- anxiety arising from awareness of guilt
Synonyms for compunctious:
apologetic
ashamed
conscience-stricken
contrite
disturbed
guilty
penitent
regretful
remorseful
repentant
rueful
sheepish
sorry
troubled
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Here are some other common words that have 4 syllables, like compunctious does.
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- neglectable
- ominously
- sorrowfully
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- impignorate
- degradation
- flabbergasted
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- transmittable
- impossibly
- unreachable
- terrestrial
- proposition
- accumulate
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- unsuitable
- time-consuming
- audacity
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