hangdog
adjective
1 hangdog
Showing a sense of guilt:
— The hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy.
synonyms: guilty, shamed, shamefaced.
2 hangdog
Frightened into submission or compliance.
Moby thesaurus: abashed, abject, ashamed, backscratching, beggarly, blushing, bootlicking, chagrined, chapfallen, cowering, crawling, crestfallen, cringing, crouching, crushed, embarrassed, fawning, flattering, footlicking, groveling ... show more.
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