shamefaced

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SHA'MEFACED, adjective Bashful; easily confused or put out of countenance. A man may be shamefaced to excess. Conscience is a blushing shamefaced spirit. Shak. Your shamefac'd virtue shunn'd the people's praise. Dryden.
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