adj.

1. Indicative of shame; ashamed: a shamefaced explanation.
2. Extremely modest or shy; bashful.

[By folk etymology from obsolete shamefast, bashful, ashamed, from Middle English, from Old English sceamfæst : sceamu, shame + fæst, fixed; see fast¹.]

shamefacedly shame'fac'ed·ly (-fā'sĭd-lē) adv.
shamefacedness shame'fac'ed·ness n.

adj

Definition: ashamed
Antonyms: proud, unrepentant

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: extremely modest or shy

Meaning #2: showing a sense of shame
  Synonym: sheepish

Meaning #3: showing a sense of guilt
  Synonyms: guilty, hangdog, shamed

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - flov, skamfuld, undselig

Nederlands (Dutch)
beschaamd, schaapachtig

Français (French)
adj. - penaud

Deutsch (German)
adj. - betreten

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ντροπιασμένος, ντροπαλός

Italiano (Italian)
vergognoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - tímido, embaraço, modesto

Русский (Russian)
робкий, стыдливый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - avergonzado, tímido

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - blyg, skamsen, anspråkslös

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
脸带愧色的, 谦逊的, 害羞的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 臉帶愧色的, 謙遜的, 害羞的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 부끄러운 듯한, 얌전한, 숫기 없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 恥ずかしそうな, 内気な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خجول أو مخجول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מבוייש, נבוך, נכלם‬

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