shamefaced

shamefaced
стыдливый имя прилагательное:
стыдливый (shamefaced, shy, blushing, blushful, pudent)
застенчивый (shy, timid, diffident, bashful, coy, shamefaced)
робкий (timid, shy, sheepish, fearful, gingerly, shamefaced)
скромный (modest, humble, frugal, unassuming, small, shamefaced)
незаметный (imperceptible, inconspicuous, invisible, obscure, insensible, shamefaced)

Англо-русский синонимический словарь. 2014.

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  • Shamefaced — Shame faced , a. [For shamefast; AS. scamf[ae]st. 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]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shamefaced — Shame faced , a. [For shamefast; AS. scamf[ae]st. 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]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shamefaced — (adj.) 1550s, modest, bashful, folk etymology alteration of shamefast, from O.E. scamfæst bashful, lit. restrained by shame, or else firm in modesty, from SHAME (Cf. shame) (n.) + fæst, adjectival suffix (see FAST (Cf. fast) (adj.)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • shamefaced — meaning ‘showing shame’, is a 16c alteration of an older word shamefast, meaning ‘bashful’, and should be spelt as one word. The adverb shamefacedly should be pronounced as four syllables …   Modern English usage

  • shamefaced — [adj] embarrassed abashed, chagrined, disgraced, guilty, humble, humbled, humiliated, mortified, regretful, shamed, sorry; concept 550 …   New thesaurus

  • shamefaced — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ showing shame. DERIVATIVES shamefacedly adverb shamefacedness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • shamefaced — [shām′fāst΄shām′fāst΄] adj. [altered, by folk etym. < ME schamfast < OE scamfæst < scamu, shame + fæst, firm, FAST1] 1. Now Rare very modest, bashful, or shy 2. showing a feeling of shame or embarrassment; ashamed: Also Archaic shamefast …   English World dictionary

  • shamefaced — shame|faced [ˌʃeımˈfeıst] adj [: Old English; Origin: scamfAst, from scamu ( SHAME1) + fAst fixed ; influenced by face] if someone is shamefaced, they look and feel ashamed because they have done something wrong or they have behaved badly ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • shamefaced — [[t]ʃe͟ɪmfe͟ɪst, AM feɪst[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you are shamefaced, you feel embarrassed because you have done something that you know you should not have done. [FORMAL] There was a long silence, and my father looked shamefaced …   English dictionary

  • shamefaced — shamefacedly /shaym fay sid lee, shaym fayst lee/, adv. shamefacedness, n. /shaym fayst /, adj. 1. modest or bashful. 2. showing shame: shamefaced apologies. [1545 55; alter. of SHAMEFAST by folk etym.; see SHAME, FACED] * * * …   Universalium

  • shamefaced — adjective looking ashamed or embarrassed about having behaved badly: “You really blew it, Ian.” He nodded, shamefaced. shamefacedly / feIsifidli/ adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English


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