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hangdog |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hangdog \Hang"dog`\, n. A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hangdog \Hang"dog`\, a. Low sneaking; ashamed. The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look --Thackeray. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hangdog adj 1: showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater [syn: {guilty}, {shamefaced}, {shamed}] 2: frightened into submission or compliance [syn: {browbeaten}, {bullied}, {cowed}, {intimidated}]
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