shamefaced

Definitions


[ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪst], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- feeling or expressing shame or embarrassment
(e.g: all the boys looked shamefaced)


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Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘modest, shy’): alteration of archaic shamefast, by association with face




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