hangdog Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite showing a sense of guilt
shamefaced; guilty; shamed.
- a guilty look
- the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater
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adjective satellite frightened into submission or compliance
WordNet
Hang"dog`
Definitions
, Low; sneaking; ashamed. The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look. Thackeray.