| slovo | definícia |
shamefaced
(encz) | shamefaced,zahanbený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Shamefaced
(gcide) | Shamefaced \Shame"faced`\, a. [For shamefast; AS. scamfaest. See
Shame, n., and Fast firm.]
Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident;
bashful; modest.
[1913 Webster]
Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Shamefaced was once shamefast, shamefacedness was
shamefastness, like steadfast and steadfastness; but
the ordinary manifestations of shame being by the face,
have brought it to its present orthography. --Trench.
[1913 Webster] -- Shame"faced, adv. --
Shame"faced`ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
shamefaced
(wn) | shamefaced
adj 1: extremely modest or shy; "cheerfully bearing reproaches
but shamefaced at praise"- H.O.Taylor
2: showing a sense of shame [syn: shamefaced, sheepish]
3: showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and
shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater [syn:
guilty, hangdog, shamefaced, shamed] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
shamefaced
(encz) | shamefaced,zahanbený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
shamefacedly
(encz) | shamefacedly,stydlivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
shamefacedness
(encz) | shamefacedness, n: |
Shamefacedness
(gcide) | Shamefaced \Shame"faced`\, a. [For shamefast; AS. scamfaest. See
Shame, n., and Fast firm.]
Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident;
bashful; modest.
[1913 Webster]
Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Shamefaced was once shamefast, shamefacedness was
shamefastness, like steadfast and steadfastness; but
the ordinary manifestations of shame being by the face,
have brought it to its present orthography. --Trench.
[1913 Webster] -- Shame"faced, adv. --
Shame"faced`ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
Unshamefaced
(gcide) | Unshamefaced \Unshamefaced\
See shamefaced. |
shamefaced
(wn) | shamefaced
adj 1: extremely modest or shy; "cheerfully bearing reproaches
but shamefaced at praise"- H.O.Taylor
2: showing a sense of shame [syn: shamefaced, sheepish]
3: showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and
shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater [syn:
guilty, hangdog, shamefaced, shamed] |
shamefacedly
(wn) | shamefacedly
adv 1: in a shamefaced manner; "quarrels and dissensions ensued
among the cast, most of whom hurriedly and shamefacedly
handed over their parts to understudies" |
shamefacedness
(wn) | shamefacedness
n 1: feeling embarrassed about yourself [syn: shamefacedness,
sheepishness] |
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