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View usage for: (hæŋdɒg, US -dɔːg) also hang-dog adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]If you say that someone has a hangdog expression on their face, you mean that they look sad, and often guilty or ashamed. 'Everybody missed her,' Stan said with a hangdog look. Synonyms: guilty, defeated, cowed, sneaking More Synonyms of hangdog hangdog in British English (ˈhæŋˌdɒɡ) adjective1. downcast, furtive, or guilty in appearance or manner noun2. a furtive or sneaky person hangdog in American English (ˈhæŋˌdɔg) noun1. Archaic a person considered fit only for hanging dogs, or to be hanged like a dog 2. a contemptible, sneaking person adjective3. contemptible; sneaking 4. ashamed and cringing a hangdog expression Examples of 'hangdog' in a sentencehangdog Definition dejected, ashamed, or guilty in appearance or manner a hangdog look Synonyms defeated cowed sneaking cringing abject furtive downcast browbeaten shamefaced Additional synonymsDefinition feeling very unhappy The wretched look on the dog's face melted his heart. Synonyms unhappy, depressed, distressed, miserable, gloomy, hopeless, dismal, pathetic, worthless, melancholy, pitiful, forlorn, abject, woeful, dejected, downcast, disconsolate, funereal, crestfallen, doleful, down in the dumps (informal), pitiable, cheerless, woebegone, comfortless, brokenhearted- hang over something or someone
- hang-out
- hang-up
- hangdog
- hanger-on
- hanging
- hanging fire
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