Shamefaced

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Indicative of shame; ashamed: a shamefaced explanation.
  • adj. Extremely modest or shy; bashful.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment
  • adj. ashamed, displaying shame, especially by blushing in the face.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Modest; bashful; originally shamefast.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. extremely modest or shy
  • adj. showing a sense of shame
  • adj. showing a sense of guilt
  • Equivalent
    modest    ashamed   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    diffident    bashful    modest   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sheepish    contrite    crestfallen    downcast    rueful    bemused    apologetic    furtive    deprecatory    abashed