shamefacedness

Variant of shamefaced

shamefaced definition

shame·faced (s̸hām′fāst′)

adjective

  1. Now Rare very modest, bashful, or shy
  2. showing a feeling of shame or embarrassment; ashamed

Etymology: altered, by folk etym. < ME schamfast < OE scamfæst < scamu, shame + fæst, firm, fast

Also Archaicshamefast shame′·fast′ (-fāst′)

Related Forms:

  • shamefacedly shame′·fac′·edly (s̸hām′fās′id lē, s̸hām′fāst′lē) adverb
  • shamefacedness shame′·fac′·ed·ness noun

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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