Synonyms for hangdog

Grammar : Adj

Spell : hang-dawg, -dog

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæŋˌdɔg, -ˌdɒg

Définition of hangdog

adj shamefaced

Example sentences :

There was no lowering of the eyelids when they confessed; no hangdog look about the mouth.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

They say he couldn't look such a miserable, hangdog wretch for nothing.
Extract from : « A Sheaf of Corn » by Mary E. Mann

"Joan, I kissed you because I can't be a hangdog any longer," he said.
Extract from : « The Border Legion » by Zane Grey

"We kept on improving the gadget," he said with hangdog attitude.
Extract from : « The Kenzie Report » by Mark Clifton

To that hangdog creature might fall the task of driving Betty home!
Extract from : « My Little Sister » by Elizabeth Robins

And looking at their hangdog faces you would have said, "Such a lot of sheep-thieves!"
Extract from : « The End Of The World » by Edward Eggleston

It had lost its sense of cheerful riot, and wore a chastened, hangdog air.
Extract from : « Joanna Godden » by Sheila Kaye-Smith

Tom Gray looked immensely relieved, Grace thought, in spite of his crestfallen, hangdog air.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School » by Jessie Graham Flower

He straightened and a little of the hangdog servility dropped away.
Extract from : « The Clean and Wholesome Land » by Ralph Sholto

He was a loose-limbed, swarthy, slouching giant with a hangdog look.
Extract from : « Tales from Dickens » by Charles Dickens and Hallie Erminie Rives

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