compunctious
nounHow many syllables in compunctious?
There are 4 syllables in the word compunctious.How 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
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- clever-clever
- belletristic
- wishy-washy
- Kozakura
- non sequitur
- equivocal
- circumspectly
- acclimatize
- hyperactive
- ignorable
- antisocial
- previously
- acoustician
- interwoven
- nomenclature
- dubiety
- Ashwathama
- verbosity
- unconfident
- atticism
- excogitate
- passivism
- pestilential
- delectation
- mannerism
- congruity
- elegiac
- overbearing
- emasculate
- desperacy
- onesimus
- beautifully
- quintessential
- affectious
- charismatic
- passionate
- melismatic
- Bodhisattva
- open dating
- examinee
- indignantly
- knowledgeably
- belligerent
- balaclava
- acquiescence
- captivating
- euphemism
- capybara
- accommodate
- disgustingly
- … more
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