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shamefaced en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst/

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/).

Meanings

  1. Bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment.
    • Youth is not glorious; it is shamefaced. It is a time of self-searching and self-exacerbation. 1918 [1915], Thomas Burke, Nights in London, New York: Henry Holt and Company:
  2. Ashamed, displaying shame, especially by blushing in the face.

Forms

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most shamefaced Degree=Sup lexicographic
more shamefaced Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

shamefaced crab · shamefacedly · unshamefaced · shamefacedness

Translations (21)

et häbistatud (bashful or ashamed) · de verlegen (bashful or ashamed) · fr honteux (bashful or ashamed) · it ritroso (bashful or ashamed) · gl temesiño (bashful or ashamed) · sv skamsen (bashful or ashamed) · bg срамежлив (bashful or ashamed) · enm schamefast (bashful or ashamed) · es apenado (bashful or ashamed) · fr penaud (bashful or ashamed) · nl beschaamd (bashful or ashamed) · kmr şermîn (bashful or ashamed) · io pudoroza (bashful or ashamed) · ru стыдливый (bashful or ashamed) · ota محجوب (bashful or ashamed) · es avergonzado (bashful or ashamed) · de verschämt (bashful or ashamed) · ru робкий (bashful or ashamed) · it vergognoso (bashful or ashamed) · io shamoza (bashful or ashamed) · ota اوتانغاچ (bashful or ashamed)