About The Word Shamefaced
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Shamefaced
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What's The Definition Of Shamefaced?
[adj] showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater
[adj] showing a sense of shame [adj] extremely modest or shy; "cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise"- H.O.Taylor Synonyms | Synonyms for Shamefaced: ashamed(p) | guilty | hangdog | modest | shamed | sheepish Related Terms | Find terms related to Shamefaced: See Also | Shamefaced In Webster's Dictionary \Shame"faced`\, a. [For shamefast; AS. scamf[ae]st.
See {Shame}, n., and {Fast} firm.]
Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident;
bashful; modest.
Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise.
--Dryden.
Note: Shamefaced was once shamefast, shamefacedness was
shamefastness, like steadfast and steadfastness; but
the ordinary manifestations of shame being by the face,
have brought it to its present orthography. --Trench.
-- {Shame"faced}, adv. -- {Shame"faced`ness}, n.
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