shamefaced

Signification (Anglais)

1. Bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment.
2. Ashamed, displaying shame, especially by blushing in the face.

Concepts

honteux

penaud

confus

😕

embarrassé

timide

coupable

Synonymes

bashful

shy

ashamed

embarrassed

shamed

sheepish

hangdog

unobtrusive

coy

modest

be ashamed

timid

guilty

spare

timorous

unnoticeable

unostentatious

unpretending

unpretentious

blate

abashed

pudic

austere

bashfully

basic

demure

discredited

dishonored

homely

humble

lowly

plain

prudish

shamefacedly

Traductions

schamhaft

vergognoso

vergonzoso

avergonzado

beschaamd

verlegen

schüchtern

ντροπιασμένος

avergonyit

verecundus

beschämt

umiliato

timido

errötet

εντροπαλός

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: schamefast

Hérité de ancien anglais: sċamfæst

In summary

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/).