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1. (adj.) shamefaced
feeling or showing shame:
shamefaced apologies.
2. shamefaced
modest or bashful.
Etymology: (1545–55; alter. of archaic shamefast by folk etym., ME schamfast orig., modest, OE sc(e)amfaest)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) shamefaced
extremely modest or shy
"cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise"- H.O.Taylor
2. (adj) shamefaced, sheepish
showing a sense of shame
3. (adj) guilty, hangdog, shamefaced, shamed
showing a sense of guilt
"a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater
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1. (noun) shamefaced
easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest
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Sense: showing shame or embarrassment
He was very shamefaced about his mistake.
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 Afrikaans: bedeesd |
 Arabic: مُسْتَحٍ، يبدو الخَجَل عَ |
 Bulgarian: засрамен |
 Brazilian: envergonhado |
 Czech: zahanbený |
 German: verschämt |
 Danish: skamfuld; flov |
 Greek: νροπιασμένος, αμήχανος |
 Spanish: avergonzado, apenado |
 Estonian: häbelik |
 Farsi: شرمنده |
 Finnish: nolo |
 French: confus |
 Hebrew: נָבוֹך |
 Hindi: लज्जाशील, लज्जालु |
 Croatian: sramežljiv, stidljiv |
 Hungarian: szégyenlős |
 Indonesian: merasa malu |
 Icelandic: skömmustulegur |
 Italian: imbarazzato |
 Japanese: 恥じた |
 Korean: 창피하게 여기는 |
 Lithuanian: susigėdęs |
 Latvian: nokaunējies; kaunīgs |
 Malay: kemalu-maluan |
 Dutch: beschaamd |
 Norwegian: skamfull, flau |
 Polish: zawstydzony |
 Persian: شرمنده |
 Pashto: شرمنده |
 Portuguese: envergonhado |
 Romanian: jenat |
 Russian: сконфуженный |
 Slovak: zahanbený |
 Slovenian: osramočen |
 Serbian: postiđen |
 Swedish: skamsen |
 Thai: อับอาย |
 Turkish: utangaç, mahcup |
 Taiwanese: 羞愧的 |
 Ukrainian: соромливий, нерішучий |
 Urdu: نادم، شرمسار |
 Vietnamese: bẽn lẽn |
 Chinese: 羞愧的，惭愧的 |
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