Meanings of compunctious in English

June was instantly compunctious; she ran to her aunt and kissed her.

Touching the initial affair with the squatters, he had no compunctious scruples.

His reflections were not altogether satisfactory, and kindled a few compunctious thoughts.

Having, by this provision for riding post, quieted the compunctious visitings of conscience, he entered the house.

The cattle tread down or masticate the fairest flowers without a single "compunctious visiting of nature."

The gobernadorcillo was very compunctious.

But forget not that nature has her "compunctious visitings," and will rise up in insurrection against you.

I felt compunctious for having suspected him of coldness, and asked him forgiveness for having ever doubted his friendship.

Occasionally, I tried to take the long-hoarded sting out of these compunctious smarts by attending divine service the open air.

Stephen felt suddenly compunctious.

Mr. Wet-eyes, good and true soul, was afraid that he had not qualified himself enough by compunctious reading and self-recollection.

He jumped up and caught her in his arms; his face was so comically compunctious that she calmed down at once.

Occasionally, I tried to take the long-hoarded sting out of these compunctious smarts by attending divine service in the open air.

She was very white, and she knew-forwith her nerves thus sharpened she saw everything-thathe was both uneasy and compunctious.

The honest man was full of compunctious distress at the sight of the suffering his breach of custom had so cruelly prolonged.

What Shakespeare calls "the compunctious visitings of nature," will sometimes knock at their hearts, and protest against their murderous speculations.