shame-faced

  • 11red-faced — adjective 1. (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion (Freq. 2) crimson with fury turned red from exertion with puffy reddened eyes red faced and violent flushed (or crimson) with… …

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  • 12brazen-faced — adjective /ˈbreɪ.zənˌfeɪst/ Impudent; open and without shame. It is rude, madam, To intrude, madam, With your brood, madam, Brazen faced! See Also: brazen, brazenly …

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  • 13bold faced — Synonyms and related words: aweless, barefaced, blackface, bold, bold as brass, boldface, boldfaced, brassy, brazen, brazenfaced, cheeky, chromotypic, chromotypographic, forward, fresh, full faced, impudent, lightface, lost to shame, lower case,… …

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  • 14bald-faced — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Characterized by or done without shame: barefaced, blatant, brazen, brazenfaced, shameless, unabashed, unblushing. Informal: brassy. See COURTESY, RESPECT, RIGHT …

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  • 15shamefaced — shame·faced …

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  • 16shamefacedly — shame·faced·ly …

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  • 17shamefaced — shame•faced [[t]ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst[/t]] adj. 1) feeling or showing shame: shamefaced apologies[/ex] 2) modest or bashful • Etymology: 1545–55; alter. of archaic shamefast by folk etym., ME schamfast orig., modest, OE sc(e)amfaest shame•fac•ed•ly… …

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  • 18shamefaced — shame|faced [ ,ʃeım feıst ] adjective with an expression that shows you feel ashamed about something ╾ shame|fac|ed|ly [ ,ʃeım feıstli, ,ʃeım feısədli ] adverb …

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  • 19shamefaced — shame|faced [ˌʃeımˈfeıst] adj [: Old English; Origin: scamfAst, from scamu ( SHAME1) + fAst fixed ; influenced by face] if someone is shamefaced, they look and feel ashamed because they have done something wrong or they have behaved badly ▪… …

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  • 20shamefacedness — shame·faced·ness …

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