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shamefaced |
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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