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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shamefaced
adj 1: extremely modest or shy; "cheerfully bearing reproaches
but shamefaced at praise"- H.O.Taylor
2: showing a sense of shame [syn: {shamefaced}, {sheepish}]
3: showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and
shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater [syn:
{guilty}, {hangdog}, {shamefaced}, {shamed}]
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