hangdog

hangdog
/hang"dawg', -dog'/, adj.
1. browbeaten; defeated; intimidated; abject: He always went about with a hangdog look.
2. shamefaced; guilty: He sneaked out of the room with a hangdog expression.
3. suitable to a degraded or contemptible person; sneaky; furtive.
n.
4. Archaic. a degraded, contemptible person.
[1670-80; HANG + DOG]
Syn. 2. ashamed, contrite, crestfallen.
Ant. 1. confident, assured.

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