shame ‧ faced /ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪst◂/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: scamfæst , from scamu ( ⇨ ↑ shame 1 ) + fæst 'fixed' ; influenced by face ]
if someone is shamefaced, they look and feel ashamed because they have done something wrong or they have behaved badly:
Conner looked a little shamefaced.
shamefaced smile/grin
—shamefacedly /-ˈfeɪsədli, -ˈfeɪsɪdli/ adverb
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THESAURUS
▪ ashamed [not before noun] feeling very sorry and embarrassed because of something you have done, or someone connected with you has done:
You should be ashamed of yourself.
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She felt deeply ashamed of her son’s behaviour.
▪ humiliated [not before noun] very ashamed and upset, because someone has made you look weak or stupid, especially in front of other people:
I came out of the class feeling humiliated.
▪ mortified /ˈmɔːtəfaɪd, ˈmɔːtɪfaɪd $ ˈmɔːr-/ extremely ashamed and embarrassed, especially about something you have done accidentally:
She’ll be mortified when she realizes her mistake.
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a mortified expression
▪ shamefaced showing by the expression on your face that you are ashamed about something:
Paul came into my office looking shamefaced and apologized for what he had done.
▪ feel guilty ( also feel bad especially spoken ) to feel worried and unhappy because you know that you have done something wrong. Feel bad is more informal than feel guilty :
He felt guilty about lying to his parents.
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I felt bad about letting the team down.
▪ lose face to lose people’s respect for you, especially by doing something that makes you look weak or stupid in front of other people:
He feels he’ll lose face if he admits to his staff that he was wrong.