Thesaurus: shamefaced

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1. n. Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest.
2. adj. extremely modest or shy
3. adj. showing a sense of shame
4. adj. showing a sense of guilt
5. Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest. Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise. Dryden. 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. -- Shame"faced, adv. -- Shame"faced`ness, n.
6. Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful;modest.Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise. Dryden.
7. j:100 s. extremely modest or shy s. showing a sense of shame