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shamefaced

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aacdeefhmsStarts with SEnds with D0 clues
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Definitions

  1. showing a sense of guilt

Word origin

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/).

Used in a sentence

  • Youth is not glorious; it is shamefaced. It is a time of self-searching and self-exacerbation.

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