hangdog

adj. defeated; ashamed, full of guilt

Adjective
1. showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater
(synonym) guilty, shamefaced, shamed
(similar) ashamed(p)
2. frightened into submission or compliance
(synonym) browbeaten, bullied, cowed, intimidated
(similar) afraid(p)

(n.)
A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.
  

(a.)
Low; sneaking; ashamed.
  

Synonyms and related words:
abashed, abject, ashamed, backscratching, beggarly, blushing, bootlicking, chagrined, chapfallen, cowering, crawling, crestfallen, cringing, crouching, crushed, embarrassed, fawning, flattering, footlicking, groveling, humbled, humiliated, ingratiating, mealymouthed, mortified, obeisant, obsequious, on bended knee, out of countenance, parasitic, prostrate, red-faced, shamed, shamefaced, shamefast, sniveling, sponging, sycophantic, timeserving, toadeating, toadying, toadyish, truckling
  

hangdog /'hæɳdɔg/
danh từ người ti tiện, người đê tiện, người lén lút hèn hạ tính từ xấu hổ, hổ thẹna hangdog look: vẻ xấu hổ ti tiện, đê tiện, lén lút hèn hạ
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