make a sorry face

verb

Roget 874: be inglorious etc. adj.; incur disgrace etc. n.; have a bad name, earn a bad name; put a halter round one's neck, wear a halter round one's neck; disgrace oneself, expose oneself.    play second fiddle; lose caste; pale one's ineffectual fire; recede into the shade; fall from one's high estate; keep in the background etc. (modesty) 881; be conscious of disgrace etc. (humility) 879; look blue, look foolish, look like a fool; cut a poor figure, cut a sorry figure; laugh on the wrong side of the mouth; make a sorry face, go away with a flea in.    one's ear, slink away.    cause shame etc. n.; shame, disgrace, put to shame, dishonor; throw dishonor upon, cast dishonor upon, fling dishonor upon, reflect dishonor upon etc. n.; be a reproach etc. n.. to; derogate from.    tarnish, stain, blot sully, taint; discredit; degrade, debase, defile; beggar; expel etc. (punish) 972.    impute shame to, brand, post, stigmatize, vilify, defame, slur, cast a slur upon, hold up to shame, send to Coventry; tread under foot, trample under foot; show up, drag through the mire, heap dirt upon; reprehend etc. 932.    bring low, put down, snub; take down a peg, take down a peg lower, take down a peg or two.    obscure.    eclipse, outshine, take the shine out of; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; overshadow; leave in the background, put in the background; push into a corner, put one's nose out of joint; put out, put out of countenance.    upset, throw off one's center; discompose, disconcert; put to the blush etc. (humble) 879.    ... show more

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