shamefaced
1 antonym for shamefaced — opposites grouped by meaning.
Adj — Shy or modest, seeming a little embarrassed.
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Etymology
An alteration, due to folk etymology (shame + faced), of shamefast, from Middle English schamefast, schamfast, sceomefest, from Old English sċamfæst ("modest"), equivalent to shame + fast. Synchronically it is treated as shame + -faced (/ˈfeɪst/).
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