Shāme'fāced (-fāst), a.

a. Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest. Conscience is a blushing, shamefaced spirit. Shak. Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's praise. Dryden. ☞ “Shamefaced was once shamefast, shamefacedness was shamefastness, like steadfast and steadfastness; but the ordinary manifestations of shame being by the face, have brought it to its present orthography.” Trench.