(noun) anxiety arising from awareness of guilt / (noun) distress of mind over an anticipated action or result / (noun) a twinge of misgiving; scruple
The day, a compunctious Sunday after a week of blizzards, had been part jewel, part mud.
The day, a compunctious Sunday after a week of blizzards, had been part jewel, part mud.
(adjective) musty stale / (adjective) having a slovenly or uncared-for appearance
but all of her was curiously frowzy, after a way I obscurely associated with left-wing enthusiasms in politics and “advanced” banalities in art, although, actually, she cared for neither.
but all of her was curiously frowzy, after a way I obscurely associated with left-wing enthusiasms in politics and “advanced” banalities in art, although, actually, she cared for neither.