shamefaced

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

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

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

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/).

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