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Hangdog

Hangdog Meaning & Definition
Hangdog Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hangdog?

[adj] frightened into submission or compliance
[adj] showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hangdog: afraid(p) | ashamed(p) | browbeaten | bullied | cowed | guilty | intimidated | shamed | shamefaced

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hangdog: abashed | abject | ashamed | backscratching | beggarly | blushing | bootlicking | chagrined | chapfallen | cowering | crawling | crestfallen | cringing | crouching | crushed | embarrassed | fawning | flattering | footlicking | groveling | humbled | humiliated | ingratiating | mealymouthed | mortified | obeisant | obsequious | on bended knee | out of countenance | parasitic | prostrate | red-faced | shamed | shamefaced | shamefast | sniveling | sponging | sycophantic | timeserving | toadeating | toadying | toadyish | truckling

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Hangdog In Webster's Dictionary

\Hang"dog`\, n. A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.
\Hang"dog`\, a. Low; sneaking; ashamed. The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look. --Thackeray.

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