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shamefaced
adjective
Showing a sense of guilt
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adjective
Showing a sense of guilt
“A guilty look”
adjective
Showing a sense of shame
adjective
Extremely modest or shy
“{'source': 'H.O.Taylor', 'text': 'cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise'}”
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A guilty look
{'source': 'Eric Linklater', 'text': 'the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy'}
{'source': 'H.O.Taylor', 'text': 'cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise'}
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