conscience-strickenadjective
uk/ˈkɒn.ʃənsˌstrɪk.ən/us/ˈkɑːn.ʃənsˌstrɪk.ən/feeling very sorry for something that you have done wrong
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sadness and regret
- a heavy heart idiom
- be/weigh on your conscience idiom
- bitter
- bring a lump to/have a lump in your throat idiom
- broken-hearted
- gloom
- gloomy
- guilt complex
- guilt trip
- guilt-ridden
- guilt trip
- heartache
- lament
- melancholy
- mourn
- rue the day idiom
- rueful
- sackcloth
- sad
- sadly
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Examples from literature
- But the kinder he was to her the more conscience-stricken she felt.
- He is shocked, conscience-stricken, remorseful.
- Jo, conscience-stricken, did his best to make amends.
- Looking at him, I became conscience-stricken.
- She felt guilty and wicked and conscience-stricken.