shamefaced
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++shame·faced /ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪst◂/ adjective EMBARRASSEDif someone is shamefaced, they look and feel ashamed because they have done something wrong or they have behaved badly 面有愧色的，惭愧的 Conner looked a little shamefaced. 康纳看上去略带愧色。shamefaced smile/grin 惭愧的笑容► see thesaurus at ashamed —shamefacedly /-ˈfeɪsɪdli/ adverb
Examples from the Corpus
shamefaced• When Hanka Zborowska arrived asking for her portrait Modigliani was shamefaced.• Preston had been quite keen when he started the project but now he felt a bit shamefaced about it.• And yet we are shamefaced about this.• Jack had left her a shamefaced note with no explanation, a humble note.• A shamefaced spokesperson admitted that mistakes had been made.• The spontaneity of the dancers ebbed away and they seemed almost shamefaced that their behaviour had been witnessed by their employers.• He came to my office, shamefaced, to apologize.Origin shamefaced Old English scamfæst, from scamu ( → SHAME1) + fæst “fixed”; influenced by faceshame·faced adjectiveChineseSyllable
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shamefaced
shame‧faced /ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪst◂/
adjectiveif someone is shamefaced, they look and feel ashamed because they have done something wrong or they have behaved badly:
Conner looked a little shamefaced.
shamefaced smile/grin
—shamefacedly /-ˈfeɪsədli, -ˈfeɪsɪdli/ adverb
▪ ashamed [not before noun] feeling very sorry and embarrassed because of something you have done, or someone connected with you has done: You should be ashamed of yourself. | She felt deeply ashamed of her son’s behaviour.
▪humiliated [not before noun] very ashamed and upset, because someone has made you look weak or stupid, especially in front of other people: I came out of the class feeling humiliated.
▪mortified /ˈmɔːtəfaɪd, ˈmɔːtɪfaɪd $ ˈmɔːr-/ extremely ashamed and embarrassed, especially about something you have done accidentally: She’ll be mortified when she realizes her mistake. | a mortified expression
▪shamefaced showing by the expression on your face that you are ashamed about something: Paul came into my office looking shamefaced and apologized for what he had done.
▪feel guilty (also feel bad especially spoken) to feel worried and unhappy because you know that you have done something wrong. Feel bad is more informal than feel guilty: He felt guilty about lying to his parents. | I felt bad about letting the team down.
▪lose face to lose people’s respect for you, especially by doing something that makes you look weak or stupid in front of other people: He feels he’ll lose face if he admits to his staff that he was wrong.
shame‧faced /ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪst◂/
adjectiveif someone is shamefaced, they look and feel ashamed because they have done something wrong or they have behaved badly: shamefaced smile/grin
—shamefacedly /-ˈfeɪsədli, -ˈfeɪsɪdli/ adverb
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