shamefaced

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment.
    — Youth is not glorious; it is shamefaced. It is a time of self-searching and self-exacerbation.
  2. Ashamed, displaying shame, especially by blushing in the face.

词形变化

more shamefaced comparative most shamefaced superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
shamefaced crab shamefacedly shamefacedness unshamefaced

词源

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/).
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