'Shamefacedness' definitions:
Definition of 'shamefacedness'
(from WordNet)
noun
Feeling embarrassed about yourself [syn: shamefacedness, sheepishness]
Definition of 'Shamefacedness'
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]