shamefaced

Questions about shamefaced

What does shamefaced mean?

shamefaced means "extremely modest or shy". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shamefaced?

shamefaced has 3 syllables: shame-fa-ced. The stress falls on "shame".

What is another word for shamefaced?

Close synonyms include sheepish, guilty, hangdog, shamed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shamefaced a common word?

shamefaced is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.