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hangdog

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Adjective, Noun
 : 
hang=dog

CIDE DICTIONARY

hangdogn. 
     A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.  [1913 Webster]
hangdoga. 
     Low; sneaking; ashamed.  [1913 Webster]
    "The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hangdog, adj. having a dejected or guilty appearance; shamefaced.

THESAURUS

hangdog

abashed, abject, ashamed, backscratching, beggarly, blushing, bootlicking, chagrined, chapfallen, cowering, crawling, crestfallen, cringing, crouching, crushed, embarrassed, fawning, flattering, footlicking, groveling, humbled, humiliated, ingratiating, mealymouthed, mortified, obeisant, obsequious, on bended knee, out of countenance, parasitic, prostrate, red-faced, shamed, shamefaced, shamefast, sniveling, sponging, sycophantic, timeserving, toadeating, toadying, toadyish, truckling

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