Found 2 items, similar to Shamefaced.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: shamefaced shamefaced adj 1: extremely modest or shy; “cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise”- H.O.Taylor 2: showing a sense of shame [syn: sheepish] 3: showing a sense of guilt; “a guilty look”; “the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy”- Eric Linklater [syn: guilty, hangdog, shamed]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Shamefaced Shamefaced \Shame"faced`\, a. [For shamefast; AS. scamf[ae]st. 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] Shamefaced \Shame"faced`\, a. [For shamefast; AS. scamf[ae]st. 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]