shamefaced
Étymologie
[modifier le wikicode]- Altération de shamefast, du moyen anglais schamefast, du vieil anglais sceamfæst (« timide, modeste »).
Adjectif
[modifier le wikicode]| Nature | Forme |
|---|---|
| Positif | shamefaced \ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst\ |
| Comparatif | more shamefaced \ˌmɔɹ ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst\ ou \ˌmɔː ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst\ |
| Superlatif | most shamefaced \ˌmoʊst ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst\ ou \ˌməʊst ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst\ |
shamefaced \ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst\
- Modeste ; qui montre de la modestie ou de l'embarras.
- Honteux, penaud.
He lowered the extinguisher with a shamefaced grin and gestured comically to the spectators. The light was off. The switch was off. The fire, if it had been a fire, was gone.
— (Tom Clancy, Patriot games, 1987.)
Synonymes
[modifier le wikicode]Honteux, penaud. (2)