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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Haddix previously pleaded guilty to two felony counts of perjury and one felony count of obstruction of justice, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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The teen, 17, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, according to court documents.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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So many of the women millennials admired were destroyed in this way, becoming objects of ridicule and embarrassment that left us feeling ashamed for our stanning.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
6 Aug. 2025
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For those who can’t breastfeed, 52% feel judged, and 56% feel ashamed.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Shamefaced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shamefaced. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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