Shamefaced is an English word with synonyms like ashamed or modest. Below you'll find 1 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Shamefaced in a sentence
Shamefaced meaning
- Bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment.
- Ashamed, displaying shame, especially by blushing in the face.
Shamefaced vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Shamefaced
- The main meaning on this page is: Bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment. | Ashamed, displaying shame, especially by blushing in the face.
- Useful related words include: ashamed, modest, sheepish, guilty.
- Possible Dutch translations are: beschaamd.
Context around Shamefaced
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 1 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shamefaced
- In this selection, "shamefaced" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, too stand out and add context to how "shamefaced" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include obviously too shamefaced to accept. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shamefaced" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shamefaced
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The arrogant Kalinic who did not play a minute at the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia was obviously too shamefaced to accept the medal. (25 words)
The arrogant Kalinic who did not play a minute at the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia was obviously too shamefaced to accept the medal. (25 words)
Example sentences (1)
The arrogant Kalinic who did not play a minute at the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia was obviously too shamefaced to accept the medal.