Definitions for: Hangdog

[adj] frightened into submission or compliance
[adj] showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater

Webster (1913) Definition: Hang"dog`, n.
A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.

Hang"dog`, a.
Low; sneaking; ashamed.

The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog
look. --Thackeray.

Synonyms: afraid(p), ashamed(p), browbeaten, bullied, cowed, guilty, intimidated, shamed, shamefaced

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