shamefaced

shame·faced

adjective \ˈshām-ˌfāst\

Definition of SHAMEFACED

1

: showing modesty : bashful

2

: showing shame : ashamed

— shame·faced·ly \-ˌfā-səd-lē, -ˌfāst-lē\ adverb

— shame·faced·ness \-ˌfā-səd-nəs, -ˌfās(t)-nəs\ noun

Examples of SHAMEFACED

1. He stood there, looking shamefaced.
2. <the newspaper offered a shamefaced apology for having published photographs that were later exposed as fakes>

Origin of SHAMEFACED

alteration of shamefast

First Known Use: 1593

Related to SHAMEFACED

Synonyms

ashamed, shamed, guilty

Antonyms

shameless, unashamed

Related Words

apologetic, contrite, penitent, remorseful, repentant, sorry; compunctious, regretful, rueful; penitential; blushing, chagrined, embarrassed, hangdog, sheepish; blamable, blameworthy, culpable

Near Antonyms

impenitent, remorseless, unapologetic, unrepentant; brazen, cheeky, impudent; blameless, guiltless, innocent

Rhymes with SHAMEFACED

bald-faced, barefaced, bold-faced, distaste, dough-faced, foretaste, impaste, lambaste, lightfaced, moonfaced, pie-faced, po-faced, posthaste, self-paced, shirtwaist, snail-paced, slipcased, stone-faced, straight-faced, straitlaced, toothpaste, two-faced, unchaste, unplaced, white-faced