hangdog
shamefaced; guilty: He sneaked out of the room with a hangdog expression.
browbeaten; defeated; intimidated: He always went about with a hangdog look.
a degraded, contemptible person.
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How to use hangdog in a sentence
“I don't think anyone quite understands how it gets resolved,” he said with trace of hangdog sadness.
Hostage to His Caucus, John Boehner Can’t Keep His Message Straight | John Avlon | March 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was renowned for his violent pedigree, although few people other than militants would have recognized his broad, hangdog face.
He was one of those little insignificant hangdog things with vacant eyes.
Edward slouched up alongside of me presently, with a hangdog look on him, as if he had been caught stealing jam.
The Golden Age | Kenneth GrahameTo that hangdog creature might fall the task of driving Betty home!
My Little Sister | Elizabeth Robins
Crab growled something under his breath and went off in a hangdog way.
Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point | Alice B. EmersonThe stowaway's face showed some embarrassment, but not at all the usual hangdog mien of such wastrels.
Where the Blue Begins | Christopher Morley
British Dictionary definitions for hangdog
/ (ˈhæŋˌdɒɡ) /
downcast, furtive, or guilty in appearance or manner
a furtive or sneaky person
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