hangdog

hangdog has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.
• a.. Low; sneaking; ashamed.
• a.. frightened into submission or compliance
• a.. showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater