adjective
1. suffering shame
• Syn: ↑discredited, ↑disgraced, ↑dishonored
• Similar to: ↑ashamed
2. showing a sense of guilt
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a guilty look
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"the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater
• Syn: ↑guilty, ↑hangdog, ↑shamefaced
• Similar to: ↑ashamed
• Derivationally related forms: ↑shamefacedness (for: ↑shamefaced), ↑guilt (for: ↑guilty), ↑guiltiness (for: ↑guilty)
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adjective1. : ashamed
was rather shamed to be traveling first-class in front of them all — Bruce Marshall
2. : marked by shame
made a shamed supplicating gesture — Harriet La Barre
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shamed adjective
Ashamed
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Main Entry: ↑shame
Useful english dictionary. 2012.