compunctious
pronunciation
How to pronounce compunctious in British English:
UK [kəm'pʌŋkʃəs]
How to pronounce compunctious in American English:
US [kəm'pʌŋkʃəs]
Word Origin
- compunctious (adj.)
- c. 1600, from stem of compunction + -ous. Related: Compunctiously; compunctiousness.
Example
- 1. He is deeply compunctious for his outburst .
- 2. I harmed her so , he excused me now , but my psychology is very compunctious !
- 3. If p & g has launched a new product or brand new element , while its competitors will soon follow , our innovation bumadvice , the funds spent on research and development is also equal to compunctious .
- 4. Having heard shentu jia'words , zichan felt compunctious . He thought that it was vain to be here to study for years and his practice was much worse than shentu jia 's.
- 5. Once , my classmate enquires be which one division to another my classmate is in a hospital , it is not quite clear that I am written down , feeling resembling again is internal medicine resembles again is acupuncture division , the result says she is : " of compunctious division . " Of compunctious division .