Associations to the word «Hangdog»

Wiktionary

HANGDOG, noun. A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.
HANGDOG, adjective. Low; sneaking; ashamed.

Dictionary definition

HANGDOG, adjective. Showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater.
HANGDOG, adjective. Frightened into submission or compliance.

Wise words

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.