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shamefaced

/sheym-feyst/US // ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst //UK // (ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst) //

羞愧难当,羞愧的脸,羞愧难当的,耻辱的脸

Related Words

abashed羞愧,羞愧难当,羞辱,惭愧disgraced失宠的,失宠,蒙羞,蒙羞的guilty有罪的,有罪,有罪的人,内疚humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的humiliated受辱的,受辱,羞辱,耻辱regretful遗憾的是,遗憾,遗憾的,令人遗憾的是shamed耻辱,羞辱,蒙羞,羞愧sorry对不起,抱歉,遗憾的是chagrined懊恼的,懊恼不已,懊恼,懊丧的mortified羞愧难当,惭愧,羞愧,感到羞愧

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : modest or bashful.
    • : showing shame: shamefaced apologies.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.embarrassed
Synonyms
abashed羞愧,羞愧难当,羞辱,惭愧chagrined懊恼的,懊恼不已,懊恼,懊丧的disgraced失宠的,失宠,蒙羞,蒙羞的guilty有罪的,有罪,有罪的人,内疚humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的humbled谦卑的,谦卑,谦逊的,谦虚的humiliated受辱的,受辱,羞辱,耻辱mortified羞愧难当,惭愧,羞愧,感到羞愧regretful遗憾的是,遗憾,遗憾的,令人遗憾的是shamed耻辱,羞辱,蒙羞,羞愧sorry对不起,抱歉,遗憾的是

Examples

  • She finished amid much applause, some shamefaced, some hearty, but there were a number of lowering brows.

  • Father and son shook hands, and Sir John walked feebly to the stiff-backed chair, where he sat down in shamefaced silence.

  • Everybody looked around, and the man seemed a little shamefaced at his exhibition of hostility to a wooden disk.

  • A little grin, almost a shamefaced grin, I thought, broke his round moist face up into fat wrinkles.

  • Reassured, she kissed the pasteboard fervently, and put it down with shamefaced, fluttering haste.

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