adj
Meaning 1
Bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
shamefaced
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst/
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adj
Meaning 2
Ashamed, displaying shame, especially by blushing in the face.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
showing a sense of guilt- Eric Linklater
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a guilty look
- the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: guilty, hangdog, shamed
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
showing a sense of shame
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sheepish
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
extremely modest or shy- H.O.Taylor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Alteration (due to folk etymology: shame + faced) of shamefast, from Middle English schamefast, schamfast, sceomefest, from Old English sċamfæst (“modest”), equivalent to shame + fast. Synchronically with -faced (/ˈfeɪst/).
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: срамежлив (sramežliv) — bashful or ashamed
- Dutch: beschaamd — bashful or ashamed
- Estonian: häbistatud — bashful or ashamed
- French: penaud — bashful or ashamed
- French: honteux — bashful or ashamed
- German: verlegen — bashful or ashamed
- German: verschämt — bashful or ashamed
- Ido: pudoroza — bashful or ashamed
- Ido: shamoza — bashful or ashamed
- Italian: vergognoso — bashful or ashamed
- Italian: ritroso — bashful or ashamed
- Northern Kurdish: şermîn — bashful or ashamed
- Middle English: schamefast — bashful or ashamed
- Russian: робкий (robkij) — bashful or ashamed
- Russian: стыдливый (stydlivyj) — bashful or ashamed
- Spanish: avergonzado — bashful or ashamed
- Spanish: apenado — bashful or ashamed
- Swedish: skamsen — bashful or ashamed
- Ottoman Turkish: اوتانغاچ (utangaç) — bashful or ashamed
- Ottoman Turkish: محجوب (mahcub) — bashful or ashamed