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shamefaced
shamefaced
adjective
Definition of SHAMEFACED
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>
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
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