Phrase guide

pang of conscience

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural, often

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Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: vicdan əzabı — feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets
  • Bashkir: выждан ғазабы (vıjdan ğazabı) — feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets
  • Finnish: omantunnontuska — feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets
  • German: Gewissensbiss — feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets
  • Hungarian: lelkiismeret-furdalás — feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets
  • Hungarian: bűntudat — feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets
  • Icelandic: mórall — feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets
  • Italian: coda di paglia — feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets
  • Italian: coscienza sporca — feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets
  • Italian: rimorso — feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets
  • Polish: wyrzuty sumienia — feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets
  • Portuguese: dor na consciência — feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets
  • Romanian: mustrare de conștiință — feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets
  • Russian: угрызе́ния со́вести (ugryzénija sóvesti) — feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets
  • Swedish: samvetskval — feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets