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hangdog

adjective as in shamefaced

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Example Sentences

“I don't think anyone quite understands how it gets resolved,” he said with trace of hangdog sadness.

He was renowned for his violent pedigree, although few people other than militants would have recognized his broad, hangdog face.

He was one of those little insignificant hangdog things with vacant eyes.

Edward slouched up alongside of me presently, with a hangdog look on him, as if he had been caught stealing jam.

To that hangdog creature might fall the task of driving Betty home!

Crab growled something under his breath and went off in a hangdog way.

The stowaway's face showed some embarrassment, but not at all the usual hangdog mien of such wastrels.

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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hangdog, such as: ashamed, browbeaten, conscience-stricken, cowering, defeated, and downcast.

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

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