shamefacedshame‧faced /ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪst◂/ adjective 
Word Origin
Conner looked a little shamefaced.shamefaced smile/grin► see thesaurus at ashamed—shamefacedly /-ˈfeɪsɪdli/ adverb
Word OriginWORD ORIGINshamefaced
ExamplesOrigin:
Old English scamfæst, from scamu ( ➔ SHAME1) + fæst ‘fixed’; influenced by faceEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- A shamefaced spokesperson admitted that mistakes had been made.
- He came to my office, shamefaced, to apologize.
- And yet we are shamefaced about this.
- Jack had left her a shamefaced note with no explanation, a humble note.
- Preston had been quite keen when he started the project but now he felt a bit shamefaced about it.
- The spontaneity of the dancers ebbed away and they seemed almost shamefaced that their behaviour had been witnessed by their employers.
- When Hanka Zborowska arrived asking for her portrait Modigliani was shamefaced.
THESAURUS► ashamed
Collocations [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.· 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 extremely ashamed and embarrassed, especially about something you have done accidentally: · She’ll be mortified when she realizes her mistake.· 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.· 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.
Longman Language Activatorashamed► ashamed someone who is ashamed feels very sorry about something they have done or embarrassed by something relating to them, so that they think people may no longer respect them: · I didn't want anyone to know I'd been fired because I felt ashamed.ashamed of: · She was so ashamed of cheating on the test that she went and told the teacher.· For a long time I was ashamed of my father and the fact he never finished school.ashamed about: · There's nothing to be ashamed about - lots of people have money problems.ashamed (that): · I realize now that you were telling the truth, and I'm ashamed that I didn't believe you.ashamed to do something: · She really needed me but - I'm ashamed to admit it - I didn't help her.ashamed of yourself: · You ought to be ashamed of yourself - coming home drunk like that!bitterly/deeply ashamed: · The knowledge that I had caused him to lose his job made me bitterly ashamed.
► humiliated feeling very ashamed and upset, especially because you have been made to look weak or stupid and you think that no one will respect you: · Ross yelled at me in front of the whole office - I've never been so humiliated in my life!· Many women who have been assaulted feel too frightened and humiliated to report their ordeal.
► can't look somebody in the face/not be able to look somebody in the face to be so ashamed about something you have done to someone that you find it difficult to be with them or talk to them: · I'm so embarrassed - I'll never be able to look her in the face again.· After the layoffs were announced, I couldn't look any of the people on the shop floor in the face.
► shamefaced showing in the expression on your face that you are ashamed about something and you know you have behaved badly: · He came to my office, shamefaced, to apologize.· A shamefaced spokesperson admitted that mistakes had been made.
► hang/bow your head (in shame) to look ashamed: · He bowed his head in shame as the details of his arrest were read out in court.
► shame on you! spoken use this to tell someone that they should feel shame because of something they have done: · Shame on you for lying to your grandmother!
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► shamefaced smile/grin
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► see thesaurus at ashamed—shamefacedly /-ˈfeɪsɪdli/ adverb