shame·faced /ˈʃemˌfest/
(a.)害羞的,謙遜的,不惹眼的,羞恥的
Shame·faced a. 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.
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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]