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Definitions for shamefaced
ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪstshame·faced
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Princeton's WordNet
shamefacedadjective
extremely modest or shy
"cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise"- H.O.Taylor
shamefaced, sheepishadjective
showing a sense of shame
guilty, hangdog, shamefaced, shamedadjective
showing a sense of guilt
"a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater
Wiktionary
shamefacedadjective
bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment
shamefacedadjective
ashamed, displaying shame, especially by blushing in the face.
Etymology: alteration of the now archaic shamefast
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Shamefacedadjective
Modest; bashful; easily put out of countenance.
Etymology: shame and face.
Philoclea, who blushing and withal smiling, making shamefacedness pleasing, and pleasure shamefaced, tenderly moved her feet, unwonted to feel the naked ground. Philip Sidney.
Conscience is a blushing shamefac’d spirit, that mutinies in a man’s bosom: it fills one full of obstacles. William Shakespeare, R. III.
A man may be shamefaced, and a woman modest, to the degree of scandalous. Roger L'Estrange.
Your shamefac’d virtue shunn’d the people’s praise,
And senate’s honours. Dryden.From this time we may date that remarkable turn in the behaviour of our fashionable Englishmen, that makes them shamefaced in the exercise of those duties which they were sent into the world to perform. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.
Webster Dictionary
Shamefacednoun
easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest
Etymology: [For shamefast; AS. scamfaest. See Shame, n., and Fast firm.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shamefaced in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shamefaced in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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