shamefaced

[ sheym-feyst ]

/ ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst /

adjective

modest or bashful.

showing shame: shamefaced apologies.

Words nearby shamefaced

shamble, shambles, shambolic, shame, shame on you, shamefaced, shamefast, shameful, shameless, shames, shamina

Origin of shamefaced

1545–55; alteration of shamefast by folk etymology; see shame, faced

OTHER WORDS FROM shamefaced

shame·fac·ed·ly

[sheym-fey-sid-lee, sheym-feyst-lee] /ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪ sɪd li, ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst li/, adverbshame·fac·ed·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for shamefacedly

He shamefacedly and naively confessed it: 'I say such an awful lot of things.
The Return|Walter de la Mare
She shamefacedly tried to hide her red eyes from her friends keen gaze.
The Liberty Girl|Rena I. Halsey
The invalid sat up quickly, as she shamefacedly 162 wiped away the stray tears.
The Liberty Girl|Rena I. Halsey
"Longer'n that, child—much longer'n that," admitted Aunt 'Mira, shamefacedly.
Janice Day|Helen Beecher Long

Then, shamefacedly enough, I turned and forced myself back toward that smoking ruin.
The Book of Susan|Lee Wilson Dodd

British Dictionary definitions for shamefacedly

shamefaced

/ (ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst) /

adjective

bashful or modest

showing a sense of shame

Derived forms of shamefaced

shamefacedly (ʃeɪmˈfeɪsɪdlɪ, ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪstlɪ), adverbshamefacedness, noun

Word Origin for shamefaced

C16: alteration of earlier shamefast, from Old English sceamfaest; see shame, fast 1

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