Category:Shamefaced

Shame"faced`, a. Etym: [for shamefast; as. scamf. See shame, n., and Fast firm.]

Defn: easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; Modest. Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise. Dryden.

Note: shamefaced was once shamefast, shamefacedness was Shamefastness, like steadfast and steadfastness; but the ordinary Manifestations of shame being by the face, have brought it to its Present orthography. Trench. -- shame"faced, adv. -- shame"faced`ness, n.