Associations to the word «Shamefaced»
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Wiktionary
SHAMEFACED, adjective. Bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment
SHAMEFACED, adjective. Ashamed, displaying shame, especially by blushing in the face.
Dictionary definition
SHAMEFACED, adjective. Extremely modest or shy; "cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise"- H.O.Taylor.
SHAMEFACED, adjective. Showing a sense of shame.
SHAMEFACED, adjective. Showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.