SHAMEFAST

Meaning of SHAMEFAST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈshām-ˌfast ]

adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scamfæst, from scamu + fæst fixed, fast

Date: before 12th century

archaic : shamefaced

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

SHAMEFAST — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scamfæst, from scamu + fæst fixed, fast Date: before 12th century shamefaced
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHAMEFAST — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌfast adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scamfæst, from scamu, sceamu shame + fæst firmly fixed — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHAMEFAST — (a.) Modest; shamefaced.
Английский словарь Webster
SHAMEFAST — ( a. ) Modest; shamefaced.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHAMEFAST — — shamefastly , adv. — shamefastness , n. /shaym"fast', -fahst'/ , adj. Archaic. shamefaced. [ bef. 900; ME schamfast shamefaced, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHAMEFAST — adj modest; shamefaced.
Webster English vocab
SHAMEFAST — [shame.fast] adj [ME, fr. OE scamfaest, fr. scamu + faest fixed, fast] (bef. 12c) archaic: shamefaced
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHAMEFAST — Pronunciation: ' sh ā m- ˌ fast Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scamfæst, from scamu + fæst …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SHAMEFACED — adjective Etymology: alteration of shamefast Date: 1593 showing modesty ; bashful , showing shame ; ashamed , ~ly adverb ~ness …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHAMEFASTNESS — noun see shamefast
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHAMEFASTLY — adverb see shamefast
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHAMEFACED — ˈshām|fāst adjective Etymology: alteration (influenced by faced ) of shamefast 1. : marked by modesty : bashful cheerfully bearing reproaches …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHAMEFACED — — shamefacedly /shaym'fay"sid lee, shaym"fayst'lee/ , adv. — shamefacedness , n. /shaym"fayst'/ , adj. 1. modest or bashful. 2. showing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHAMEFACED — adjective Etymology: alteration of shamefast Date: 1593 1. : showing modesty : bashful 2. : showing shame : ashamed • …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHAMEFACED — ■ adjective showing shame. Derivatives ~ly adverb ~ness noun Origin C16 (in the sense 'modest, shy'): alt. of archaic shamefast …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHAMEFACED — [shame.faced] adj [alter. of shamefast] (1593) 1: showing modesty: bashful 2: showing shame: ashamed -- shamefaced.ly adv -- shame.faced.ness n
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHAMEFACED — / ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪst; NAmE / adjective feeling or looking ashamed because you have done sth bad or stupid SYN sheepish : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAMEFACED — adj. 1 showing shame. 2 bashful, diffident. øøshamefacedly also adv. shamefacedness n. [16th-c. alt. of shamefast, by assim. to FACE]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHAMEFACED — adj. 1 showing shame. 2 bashful, diffident. shamefacedly also adv. shamefacedness n. [ 16th-c. alt. of shamefast, by assim. to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHAMEFACED — adj.1 showing shame. 2 bashful, diffident. Derivatives: shamefacedly also adv. shamefacedness n. Etymology: 16th-c. alt. of shamefast, by assim. to …
Oxford English vocab
WISTFUL — Synonyms and related words : ashamed, atrabiliar, atrabilious, blue, cogitative, cognitive, concentrating, concentrative, conceptive, conceptual, conceptualized, conscience-smitten, conscience-stricken, contemplating, contemplative, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UNHAPPY ABOUT — Synonyms and related words : ashamed, conscience-smitten, conscience-stricken, full of remorse, regretful, remorseful, repining, rueful, self-accusing, self-condemning, self-convicting, self-debasing, self-flagellating, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TIMOROUS — Synonyms and related words : afraid, bashful, chicken, chickenhearted, confused, conscious, coward, cowardly, cowed, coy, daunted, demure, diffident, dismayed, fainthearted, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TIMID — Synonyms and related words : afraid, apprehensive, bashful, cautious, chicken, chickenhearted, confused, conscious, coward, cowardly, cowed, coy, craven, daunted, demure, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STAMMERING — Synonyms and related words : balbutient, balbuties, bashful, bashfulness, battology, confused, confusion, conscious, coy, coyness, demure, demureness, demurity, dysphemia, embarrassment, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SORRY — Synonyms and related words : abject, apologetic, ashamed, bad, base, base-minded, beggarly, beneath contempt, beneath one, cheap, cheerless, cheesy, common, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SKITTISH
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHY — Synonyms and related words : Pyrrhonic, about the bush, afraid, agnostic, apprehensive, around the bush, arrested, averse, avert, avoid, back …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHAMEFUL — Synonyms and related words : aberrant, abnormal, abominable, arrant, ashamed, atrocious, awful, bad, base, beastly, beneath contempt, beneath one, black, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHAMEFACED — Synonyms and related words : abashed, ashamed, bashful, blushing, chagrined, chapfallen, chastened, confused, conscience-smitten, conscience-stricken, conscious, coy, crestfallen, crushed, demure, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHAMED — Synonyms and related words : abashed, ashamed, at a discount, blushing, chagrined, chapfallen, crestfallen, crushed, discredited, disgraced, embarrassed, hangdog, humbled, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SELF-CONSCIOUS — Synonyms and related words : affected, anxious, apprehensive, artificial, awkward, bashful, confused, conscious, coy, demure, diffident, embarrassed, exhibitionist, formal, hesitant, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary

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