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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shamefaced
Adjective
  • Burns was indicted by a grand jury in Fayetteville in November and pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography in February, according to court documents.
    NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
  • McBee pleaded guilty to falsifying documents for unauthorized federal crop insurance benefits in November 2024 after waiving his right to a grand jury.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This doesn’t seem like a company that is ashamed to be caught stealing.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Some were too ashamed to speak publicly.
    Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Shamefaced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shamefaced. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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