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shamefaced
adj. extremely modest or shy; "cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise"- H.O.Taylor
shamefaced, sheepish
adj. showing a sense of shame
guilty, hangdog, shamefaced, shamed
adj. showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater
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coy
adj. modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures; "like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled"
contrite, remorseful, rueful, ruthful
adj. feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
sorrowful
adj. experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13
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coy, demure, overmodest
adj. affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
decent
adj. observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress; "a modest neckline in her dress"; "though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards"
blushful, blushing
adj. having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset; "the blushing boy was brought before the Principal"; "her blushful beau"; "was red-faced with anger"
embarrassed, humiliated, mortified
adj. made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work"; "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister"
discredited, disgraced, dishonored, shamed
adj. suffering shame
guilty, hangdog, shamefaced, shamed
adj. showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater
blushful, blushing
adj. having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset; "the blushing boy was brought before the Principal"; "her blushful beau"; "was red-faced with anger"
embarrassed, humiliated, mortified
adj. made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work"; "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister"
discredited, disgraced, dishonored, shamed
adj. suffering shame
shamefaced, sheepish
adj. showing a sense of shame
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shamefaced
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