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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The man accused of driving drunk and killing a Nassau County police officer in January has changed his plea to guilty.—
Katie Houlis,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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The Justice Department also noted that Ereg's wife, Najmo Ahmed, who worked at the business and received payroll payments directly from Feeding Our Future, pleaded guilty last year to money laundering charges and is scheduled to be sentenced later this month.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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The experience left her feeling ashamed and fearful of being judged.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
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At their most effective, residential schools left Survivors ashamed and confused about being Indigenous.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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“Shamefaced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shamefaced. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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