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Adjective: shamefaced  'sheym,feyst
  1. Extremely modest or shy
    "cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise"
     
  2. Showing a sense of shame
    - sheepish
     
  3. Showing a sense of guilt
    "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy";
    - guilty, hangdog, shamed

See also: ashamed, modest

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