feeling or looking ashamed because you have done something bad or stupid synonym sheepish a shamefaced smile She looked shamefaced.
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NAmE//ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪsədli//
adverb He smiled rather shamefacedly.See shamefaced in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: shamefaced