/hang"dawg', -dog'/ , adj.
1. browbeaten; defeated; intimidated; abject: He always went about with a hangdog look.
2. shamefaced; guilty: He sneaked out of the room with a hangdog expression.
3. suitable to a degraded or contemptible person; sneaky; furtive.
n.
4. Archaic. a degraded, contemptible person.
[ 1670-80; HANG + DOG ]
Syn. 2. ashamed, contrite, crestfallen.
Ant. 1. confident, assured.