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   shamefaced

   /ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪst/

   adjective

   • 1. feeling or expressing shame or embarrassment: "all the boys looked shamefaced"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘modest, shy’): alteration of archaic shamefast, by association with face.

   Derivatives

   • 1. shamefacedly adverb
   • 2. shamefacedness noun

   Scrabble Points: 21

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