'Hangdog' definitions:
Definition of 'hangdog'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater [syn: guilty, hangdog, shamefaced, shamed]
adjective
Frightened into submission or compliance
Definition of 'Hangdog'
From: GCIDE
- Hangdog \Hang"dog`\ (-d[o^]g`), n. A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hangdog'
From: GCIDE
- Hangdog \Hang"dog`\, a. Low; sneaking; ashamed. [1913 Webster]
- The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hangdog'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abashed,
- abject,
- ashamed,
- backscratching,
- beggarly,
- blushing,
- bootlicking,
- chagrined,
- chapfallen,
- cowering,
- crawling,
- crestfallen,
- cringing,
- crouching,
- crushed,
- embarrassed,
- fawning,
- flattering,
- footlicking,
- groveling,
- humbled,
- humiliated,
- ingratiating,
- mealymouthed,
- mortified,
- obeisant,
- obsequious,
- on bended knee,
- out of countenance,
- parasitic,
- prostrate,
- red-faced,
- shamed,
- shamefaced,
- shamefast,
- sniveling,
- sponging,
- sycophantic,
- timeserving,
- toadeating,
- toadying,
- toadyish,
- truckling