SHAMEFACED

adj. 1 bashful, shy, modest, self-effacing, diffident, timid, meek, coy, sheepish, timorous He felt shamefaced as a schoolboy when they awarded him a medal for bravery 2 ashamed, shamed, abashed, embarrassed, humiliated, dishonoured, mortified, humbled, chastened, chagrined, uncomfortable, discomfited, remorseful, red-faced Shamefaced, she finally admitted the truth about where she had been