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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shamefaced  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shamefaced 
  adj  1:  extremely  modest  or  shy;  "cheerfully  bearing  reproaches  but 
  shamefaced  at  praise"-  H.O.Taylor 
  2:  showing  a  sense  of  shame  [syn:  {sheepish}] 
  3:  showing  a  sense  of  guilt;  "a  guilty  look";  "the  hangdog  and 
  shamefaced  air  of  the  retreating  enemy"-  Eric  Linklater 
  [syn:  {guilty},  {hangdog},  {shamed}] 




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