SHAMEFACED

shamefaced. Shamefaced, a. bashful, modest, sheepish, simple

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Shame″faced′ (?), a. [[For shamefast; AS. scamfæst. See Shame, n., and Fast firm.]] Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest. Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise. Dryden. ☞ Shamefaced was once shamefast, shamefacedness was shamefastness, like steadfast and steadfastness; but the ordinary manifestations of shame being by the face, have brought it to its present orthography. Trench. — Shame″faced, adv. — Shame″faced′ness, n.