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Shamefaced [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Bashful; easily confused or put out of countenance. A man may be shamefaced to excess.

2. Conscience is a blushing shamefaced spirit. Shak.

3. Your shamefac'd virtue shunn'd the people's praise. Dryden.

Shamefaced [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest.

Shamefacedly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Bashfully; with excessive modesty.

Shamefacedness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828