He has a hangdog face.
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Hangdog
Synonyms for "hangdog" (59 found)
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8 translations across 3 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- виновен adj (sneaking; ashamed)
- гузен adj (sneaking; ashamed)
- обесник noun (A base, degraded person)
- подлец noun (A base, degraded person)
Mon
1 entries- ကျာဲကၠဵု adj (sneaking; ashamed)
Polish
3 entries- zawstydzony adj (sneaking; ashamed)
- nędznica noun (A base, degraded person)
- nędznik noun (A base, degraded person)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look.
Source: wiktionary
Asper Argo, the Well-Beloved, Commdor of the Korellian Republic greeted his wife’s entry by a hangdog lowering of his scanty eyebrows. To her at least, his self-adopted epithet did not apply. Even he knew that.
Source: wiktionary
He looked at them in a kind of dread, not daring to ask for details; and he observed that they, too, looked as though they had been in a battle; something hangdog in their looks suggested that they had been put to flight.
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