Cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : shamefaced apologies. From Dictionary.com.
At the next station he helped her to drop through the opening she had entered, and called a shamefaced "good-by" after her in the dusk. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Miles to Arden] Reference
He gave a kind of shamefaced nod, but averted his face as he passed. From Wordnik.com. [Twin Moons] Reference
"You won't believe this part," he said in a kind of shamefaced way. From Wordnik.com. [The Window-Gazer] Reference
Rod went on, with a kind of shamefaced mingling of jest and earnest. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise] Reference
Her eyes were turned away from him and she answered with a kind of shamefaced defiance. From Wordnik.com. [The Unpleasantness At The Belladonna Club]
Then they come to themselves and stopped and looked at each other, kind of shamefaced but suspicious. From Wordnik.com. [Cape Cod Stories] Reference
For some minutes he continued to reply dolefully, and with a kind of shamefaced reluctance, to the questions piled upon him. From Wordnik.com. [The Market-Place] Reference
British boy, dogged, earnest, generous, and though "shamefaced" to a degree, is ready to face death in the discharge of duty. From Wordnik.com. [Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times] Reference
Let us say, "he added, looking at Varney with a kind of shamefaced defiance," that a man gets tired of living on pickings after a while. ". From Wordnik.com. [Captivating Mary Carstairs] Reference
Plaisted read it with a puzzled brow and shamefaced cheeks. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces] Reference
They were a shamefaced set of fellows after it was all over. From Wordnik.com. [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference
He said the last words with an air of shamefaced interrogation. From Wordnik.com. [The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story] Reference
"I say, I'm awfully sorry," said Alan, more shamefaced than ever. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
"That -- that's all, I guess," added Narnay, in a shamefaced way. From Wordnik.com. [How Janice Day Won] Reference
The grooms in a shamefaced way protested that some one had passed the. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
Santry tramped back into the room, laughing in a shamefaced sort of way. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Gold] Reference
Blue Pete laughed in shamefaced happiness and dropped his squinting eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
Mrs. Talbot, rising, says distinctly, but with a shamefaced expression. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted Chamber A Novel] Reference
For a moment the lad stood in shamefaced alarm, shaking from head to foot. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
With a shamefaced blush Pat obeyed, amid the wondering looks of his brothers. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
I led him to my parents, and, in a somewhat shamefaced fashion, introduced him. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
The Major fidgeted, reached for his hat and stepped to the door, a bit shamefaced. From Wordnik.com. [Terry A Tale of the Hill People] Reference
Paul, somewhat shamefaced, took the familiar way into the garden, and stood rooted. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
"Time enough, time enough," answered Mrs. Joe cheerily, yet with a shamefaced look. From Wordnik.com. [Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls] Reference
Baron's Court, a little shamefaced, and more than a little doubtful of her reception. From Wordnik.com. [Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Then he looked at Miss Mary a little shamefaced for a speech so uncommonly confidential. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
When his eye rested on Esther he withdrew it quickly, and with an air frankly shamefaced. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
"Why, Jools, my dear friend, you know," said the shamefaced parson, "I never visit on Sundays.". From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories for English Courses] Reference
The Palæotherium gave a hasty glance at his back, and then said, in rather a shamefaced way. From Wordnik.com. [Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo] Reference
With a common impulse each seized his own baggage, and went in a shamefaced way on board the boat. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
One shamefaced, dreary deputation came to me from the young girls who had been employed in the factory. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
But Ruth was sure, by the Gypsy boy's shamefaced look, that there was nothing wonderful about it at all. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace] Reference
He was a thorough English sailor; -- could do, as he owned to me in a shamefaced way, that was comical enough. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858] Reference
The old man shrunk from him with a terrible appeal and shamefaced gratitude which cut the son's heart like a knife. From Wordnik.com. [Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
Chatworth gave Flora an almost shamefaced glance, and she saw with a curious twinge of jealousy that he was intensely excited. From Wordnik.com. [The Coast of Chance] Reference
The look of expectancy died in his eyes as he saw the weather-beaten countenance of Billy, and the shamefaced features of Mark. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
Once in a while, at long intervals, Smith, in whom the old man had a sort of shamefaced pride, would eye the thing respectfully. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
There was a long, awkward pause, then finally he turned and eyed her with the same shamefaced expression she had noticed at dinner. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
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