Found 2 items, similar to hangdog.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hangdog hangdog adj 1: showing a sense of guilt; “a guilty look”; “the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy”- Eric Linklater [syn: guilty, shamefaced, shamed] 2: frightened into submission or compliance [syn: browbeaten, bullied, cowed, intimidated]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hangdog Hangdog \Hang"dog`\ (-d[o^]g`), n. A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird. [1913 Webster] Hangdog \Hang"dog`\, a. Low; sneaking; ashamed. [1913 Webster] The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]