Anglais modifier

Étymologie modifier

Altération de shamefast, du moyen anglais schamefast, du vieil anglais sceamfæst (« timide, modeste »).

Adjectif modifier

Nature Forme
Positif shamefaced
\ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst\
Comparatif more shamefaced
\ˌmɔɹ ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst\ ou \ˌmɔː ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst\
Superlatif most shamefaced
\ˌmoʊst ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst\ ou \ˌməʊst ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst\

shamefaced \ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst\

  1. Modeste ; qui montre de la modestie ou de l'embarras.
  2. Honteux, penaud.
    • He lowered the extinguisher with a shamefaced grin and gestured comically to the spectators. The light was off. The switch was off. The fire, if it had been a fire, was gone. — (Tom Clancy, Patriot games, 1987.)

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