as in guilty
suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing the newspaper offered a shamefaced apology for having published photographs that were later exposed as fakes

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Recent Examples of shamefaced His Memoirs contain only a single, shamefaced mention of this wife’s name. Benjamin Kunkel, The New Republic, 2 July 2018
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Adjective
  • In 2023, Thomas Martens pleaded guilty to beating Corbett to death with a bat and Molly Martens pleaded no contest, prompting their respective releases from prison in 2024.
    Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2025
  • Just when the families thought the ordeal over, Judge Richard Baumgartner, who'd handled all four state cases, pleaded guilty to official misconduct for buying prescription pills from a probationer in 2011.
    Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 6 July 2025
Adjective
  • The Trump administration's level of sheer corruption is appalling and Paramount should be ashamed of putting its profits over independent journalism.
    Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 2 July 2025
  • Riri’s too ashamed of all the crime she’s enabled since her visit to Wakanda to reach out to her mentor.
    Stacia Brown, Vulture, 2 July 2025

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“Shamefaced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shamefaced. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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