English-Thai Dictionary

shamefaced

ADJ อับอาย  น่าขายหน้า  น่าอาย  ashamed abashed embarrassed unabashed aub-ai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHAMEFACED

a.Bashful; easily confused or put out of countenance. A man may be shamefaced to excess. Conscience is a blushing shamefaced spirit. Shak.
Your shamefac'd virtue shunn'd the people's praise. Dryden.

 

SHAMEFACEDLY

adv. Bashfully; with excessive modesty.

 

SHAMEFACEDNESS

n.Bashfulness; excess of modesty.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHAMEFACED

Shame "faced `, a. Etym: [For shamefast; AS. scamf. See Shame, n., and Fast firm. ]

 

Defn: Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest. Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise. Dryden.

 

Note: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

shamefaced

shame faced |ˈSHāmˌfāst ˈʃeɪmˈˌfeɪst | ▶adjective feeling or expressing shame or embarrassment: all the boys looked shamefaced. DERIVATIVES shame fac ed ly |-ˌfāsidlē, -ˌfāstlē |adverb, shame fac ed ness |-ˌfāsidnis |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘modest, shy ’): alteration of archaic shamefast, by association with face .

 

Oxford Dictionary

shamefaced

shame |faced |ʃeɪmˈfeɪst, ˈʃeɪm -| ▶adjective feeling or expressing shame or embarrassment: all the boys looked shamefaced. DERIVATIVES shamefacedly |also -sɪdli |adverb, shamefacedness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘modest, shy ’): alteration of archaic shamefast, by association with face .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

shamefaced

shamefaced adjective Giles looked shamefaced: ashamed, abashed, sheepish, guilty, conscience-stricken, guilt-ridden, contrite, sorry, remorseful, repentant, penitent, regretful, rueful, apologetic; embarrassed, mortified, red-faced, chagrined, humiliated; informal with one's tail between one's legs. ANTONYMS unrepentant.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

shamefaced

shamefaced adjective Giles looked shamefaced: ashamed, abashed, sheepish, guilty, conscience-stricken, guilt-ridden, contrite, sorry, remorseful, repentant, penitent, hangdog, regretful, rueful, apologetic; embarrassed, mortified, red-faced, chagrined, humiliated, uncomfortable, discomfited; in sackcloth and ashes; informal with one's tail between one's legs; rare compunctious. ANTONYMS proud, unrepentant.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

shamefaced

sh à me f á ced /-t /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 深く恥じている .2 恥ずかしがっている, 内気な .～ly /-féɪstli, -féɪsɪdli /副詞 ～ness 名詞