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conscience-stricken
adjective as in remorseful
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The brothers, conscience stricken and ashamed, completely humbled and afraid, could not answer his questions.
Suddenly we heard the swish of a dress behind, and turned, conscience-stricken, though we had in nothing sinned.
At this awful sight the conscience-stricken wretch fell flat and tried to work into the soil like a worm.
Mina was puzzled, but did not go so far wrong as to conceive him conscience-stricken.
It is impossible to tell the shame and remorse of the conscience stricken girls.
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On this page you'll find 235 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to conscience stricken, such as: apologetic, bashful, contrite, distraught, distressed, and embarrassed.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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