[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shamefaced \shame"faced`\, a. for shamefast; as. scamfaest. see
   shame, n., and fast firm.
   easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident;
   bashful; modest.
   1913 webster

         your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise.
                                                  --dryden.
   1913 webster

   note: shamefaced was once shamefast, shamefacedness was
         shamefastness, like steadfast and steadfastness; but
         the ordinary manifestations of shame being by the face,
         have brought it to its present orthography. --trench.
         1913 webster -- shame"faced, adv. --
         shame"faced`ness, n.
         1913 webster
see also:
shame fast shame"faced shame"faced`ness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

shamefaced
     adj 1: extremely modest or shy; "cheerfully bearing reproaches but
            shamefaced at praise"- h.o.taylor
     2: showing a sense of shame syn: sheepish
     3: showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and
        shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- eric linklater
        syn: guilty, hangdog, shamed
see also:
sheepish guilty hangdog shamed 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

56 moby thesaurus words for "shamefaced":
   abashed, ashamed, bashful, blushing, chagrined, chapfallen,
   chastened, confused, conscience-smitten, conscience-stricken,
   conscious, coy, crestfallen, crushed, demure, diffident,
   discomfited, embarrassed, full of remorse, hangdog, humbled,
   humiliated, inarticulate, meek, modest, mortified, mousy,
   out of countenance, red-faced, regretful, remorseful, repining,
   rueful, self-accusing, self-condemning, self-conscious,
   self-convicting, self-debasing, self-effacing, self-flagellating,
   self-humiliating, self-punishing, self-reproaching, shamed,
   shamefast, shameful, sheepish, shy, skittish, sorry, stammering,
   timid, timorous, uncomfortable, unhappy about, wistful

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