compunctious
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of compunctious
First recorded in 1595–1605; compunct(ion) + -ious
Example Sentences
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All this occurred in a moment, and it was not any lucid and real perception of difficulties, but only a sudden alarmed compunctious consciousness that filled her mind.
From Sir Tom by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Her tears had fallen now, but she had no compunctious self-deception, and her long-framed feelings were only complicated, not really altered.
From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Elizabeth Ashe
She felt compunctious, even inclined to act on the other’s warning and advice.
From The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising by Bertram Mitford
He sat and looked at her for some moments with an expression partly complacent and partly compunctious.
From Strangers at Lisconnel by Jane Barlow
Then I thought of the Manhattan, 90 towards whom I have guilty and compunctious feelings.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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