shamefaced

English

Etymology

Alteration (due to folk etymology) of shamefast, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English schamefast, schamfast, sceomefest, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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)

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

Derived terms

• shamefacedly
• shamefacedness

Translations

bashful or ashamed

• Dutch: beschaamd (nl)
• Estonian: häbistatud
• French: penaud (fr) m, honteux (fr) m
• German: verlegen (de), verschämt (de)
• Ido: pudoroza (io), shamoza
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: vergognoso (it) m, ritroso (it) m
• Kurdish:
• 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