shamefaced

1. n. Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest. Source: opted

2. adj. extremely modest or shy Source: wordnet

3. adj. showing a sense of shame Source: wordnet

4. adj. showing a sense of guilt Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

6. Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful;modest.Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise. Dryden. Source: adambom

7. j:100 s. extremely modest or shy s. showing a sense of shame Source: ecdict

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