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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shamefaced/ʃeɪmˈfeɪst/

▶adjective showing shame.

– derivatives
shamefacedly adverb,
shamefacedness noun.

– origin C16 (in the sense ‘modest, shy’): alt. of archaic shamefast, by assoc. with face.

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