shamefaced

shamefaced is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 22 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest.
2. adjective. showing a sense of guilt- Eric Linklater

   "a guilty look"

   "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"

   Synonyms: guilty, hangdog, shamed

3. adjective. showing a sense of shame

   Synonyms: sheepish

4. adjective. extremely modest or shy- H.O.Taylor

   "cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise"

Synonyms

guilty, hangdog, shamed, sheepish

Common word forms

shameface, shamefacedly, shamefacedness

Words from these letters

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