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Shamefaced

//ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment.

    "Youth is not glorious; it is shamefaced. It is a time of self-searching and self-exacerbation."

  2. 2
    Ashamed, displaying shame, especially by blushing in the face.
Adjective
  1. 1
    showing a sense of guilt wordnet
  2. 2
    showing a sense of shame wordnet
  3. 3
    extremely modest or shy wordnet

Etymology

Alteration (due to folk etymology: shame + faced) of shamefast, from Middle English schamefast, schamfast, sceomefest, from Old English sċamfæst (“modest”), equivalent to shame + fast. Synchronically with -faced (/ˈfeɪst/).

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