All hangdog synonyms
hang·dog
H h adj hangdog
- ashamed — If someone is ashamed, they feel embarrassed or guilty because of something they do or they have done, or because of their appearance.
- conscience-stricken — feeling anxious or guilty
- defeated — having suffered defeat; beaten
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- guilty — having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable: The jury found her guilty of murder.
- intimidated — to make timid; fill with fear.
- sheepish — embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish.
- wretched — very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
- browbeaten — intimidated
- cowering — to crouch, as in fear or shame.
adjective hangdog
- dejected — If you are dejected, you feel miserable or unhappy, especially because you have just been disappointed by something.
- furtive — taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
- humiliated — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- shamefaced — modest or bashful.
- miserable — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.