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Hangdog

adjective

Showing a sense of guilt. Synonyms: guilty, shamed, shamefaced. "The hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"

Frightened into submission or compliance.

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"Hangdog" Quotes from Famous Books

... they called "The Great Push," as though it were to be a glorified football-match. It is difficult, perhaps impossible, to know the thoughts of vast masses of men moved by some sensational adventure. But a man would be a liar if he pretended that British troops went forward to the great attack with hangdog looks or any visible sign of fear in their souls. I think most of them were uplifted by the belief that the old days of trench warfare were over forever and that they would break the enemy's lines by means of that enormous gun-power behind them, and get him "on the run." There would ...

— Now It Can Be Told • Philip Gibbs

... which Captain Holding had lent me. I am confident now that he was on the look-out for my papers, the more so as I had myself restored the thermometer to the captain's cabin two days ago. It is lucky that I confided my papers to the Concanens. As for Railton, the hangdog look on that man's face has increased with his travels. He seems quite unable to meet my eye, and returns short, surly answers if questioned. I cannot think his dejection is solely due to poor Wilkins' death, for I noticed something very like it ...

— Dead Man's Rock • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... knew the fellow was a wrong 'un, all along," were the first words that filtered to the girl's consciousness as she stood. "But I didn't think he was responsible for that card trick, I must say. Young Bathurst looked so abominably hangdog." ...

— The Swindler and Other Stories • Ethel M. Dell

... been accused of the robbery was now presented by the secretary. He formed a marked contrast to his partner,—being tall, dark and slender, with a hangdog expression on his face. ...

— The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons • James Francis Thierry

... at his companion. David had shrunk back into the corner, with a white hangdog look, and said nothing. The ...

— The History of David Grieve • Mrs. Humphry Ward

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