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.
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Benjamin Kunkel, The New Republic, 2 July 2018
Benjamin Kunkel, The New Republic, 2 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shamefaced
Adjective
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While the award could influence Parker to plead guilty, her loss in the civil suit won’t be admissible as evidence in the criminal proceeding.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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The assassin is found guilty of shooting Garfield and is sentenced to death.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Carol is a very successful writer who’s ashamed of the work that’s become her calling card.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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Here’s where the show does have some awareness about its characters’ problematic indiscretions, and Carrington pushes back to point out that a relationship with a trans woman isn’t anything to be ashamed of.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Shamefaced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shamefaced. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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