shamefaced

English

Etymology

Alteration (due to folk etymology) of shamefast, from Middle English schamefast, schamfast, sceomefest, from Old English sceamfæst, scamfæst (“bashful, shy, modest”, literally “firm or fast in modesty or shame”), equivalent to shame +‎ fast.

Adjective

shamefaced (comparative more shamefaced, superlative most shamefaced)

Bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment.
Ashamed, displaying shame, especially by blushing in the face.

Derived terms

Translations

bashful or ashamed

Dutch: beschaamd (nl)
Estonian: häbistatud
French: penaud (fr) m, honteux (fr) m
German: verlegen (de), verschämt
Ido: pudoroza (io), shamoza

Italian: vergognoso (it) m, ritroso (it) m
Kurdish: şermîn (ku)
Russian: робкий (ru) (robkij), стыдливый (ru) (stydlivyj)
Spanish: avergonzado (es) m, apenado (es) m
Swedish: skamsen (sv)

References

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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