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shamefaced

adjective as in embarrassed

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Example Sentences

She finished amid much applause, some shamefaced, some hearty, but there were a number of lowering brows.

Father and son shook hands, and Sir John walked feebly to the stiff-backed chair, where he sat down in shamefaced silence.

Everybody looked around, and the man seemed a little shamefaced at his exhibition of hostility to a wooden disk.

A little grin, almost a shamefaced grin, I thought, broke his round moist face up into fat wrinkles.

Reassured, she kissed the pasteboard fervently, and put it down with shamefaced, fluttering haste.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shamefaced, such as: abashed, chagrined, disgraced, guilty, humble, and humbled.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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