shamefaced
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Alteration (due to folk etymology: shame + faced) of shamefast, from Middle English schamefast, schamfast, sceomefest, from Old English sċamfæst (“modest”), equivalent to shame + fast.
shamefaced (comparative more shamefaced, superlative most shamefaced)
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