[
UK
/ʃˈeɪmfeɪst/
]
ADJECTIVE
- showing a sense of shame
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showing a sense of guilt
a guilty look
the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy -
extremely modest or shy
cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise
How To Use shamefaced In A Sentence
- From beyond the doors, the hubbub still continued; but it trailed off, damped by the hush of those in front to a kind of shamefaced muttering. Funeral Games
- Shamefacedness is derived from _aidos_ in the Greek, and has The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity
- You won't believe this part," he said in a kind of shamefaced way. The Window-Gazer
- As they turned into the hedges that bordered the door, a man motioned to Gordon, shamefaced. A THEORY OF RELATIVITY
- ‘Well, I, uhm, don't know what I'm going to tell Ricky,’ I admit, shamefaced.
- He held her artless gaze for a moment, then laughed shamefacedly. PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW
- ‘Uhh… I know,’ he replied, feeling a little shamefaced.
- ‘I know,’ she said, a little shamefaced, ‘but I must take a picture of this.’
- Lynch wrote a notoriously vengeful poem, full of vicious curses, a story he tells against himself in shamefaced penance.
- He came to my office, shamefaced, to apologize.
