'Shamefaced' definitions:
Definition of 'shamefaced'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Extremely modest or shy; "cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise"- H.O.Taylor
adjective
Showing a sense of shame [syn: shamefaced, sheepish]
adjective
Definition of 'Shamefaced'
From: GCIDE
- Shamefaced \Shame"faced`\, a. [For shamefast; AS. scamfaest. See Shame, n., and Fast firm.] Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest. [1913 Webster]
- Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster] -- {Shame"faced}, adv. -- {Shame"faced`ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shamefaced'
From: GCIDE
- Shamefaced \Shame"faced`\, a. [For shamefast; AS. scamfaest. See Shame, n., and Fast firm.] Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest. [1913 Webster]
- Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster] -- {Shame"faced}, adv. -- {Shame"faced`ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shamefaced'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abashed,
- ashamed,
- bashful,
- blushing,
- chagrined,
- chapfallen,
- chastened,
- confused,
- conscience-smitten,
- conscience-stricken,
- conscious,
- coy,
- crestfallen,
- crushed,
- demure,
- diffident,
- discomfited,
- embarrassed,
- full of remorse,
- hangdog,
- humbled,
- humiliated,
- inarticulate,
- meek,
- modest,
- mortified,
- mousy,
- out of countenance,
- red-faced,
- regretful,
- remorseful,
- repining,
- rueful,
- self-accusing,
- self-condemning,
- self-conscious,
- self-convicting,
- self-debasing,
- self-effacing,
- self-flagellating,
- self-humiliating,
- self-punishing,
- self-reproaching,
- shamed,
- shamefast,
- shameful,
- sheepish,
- shy,
- skittish,
- sorry,
- stammering,
- timid,
- timorous,
- uncomfortable,
- unhappy about,
- wistful