hangdog

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See those hangdog-looking fellows slouching before us?

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  1. adjective Shamefaced or guilty.
  2. adjective Downcast; intimidated.
  3. noun A sneaky or despicable person.

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  • Looking positively hangdog, Frederick shambled off down the beach toward the Belle Isle . —  Barr, Nevada - [Anna Pigeon 02] A Superior Death v1.0 HTML
  • Charlie watched as she slipped into her cubicle, hangdog, droopy shouldered. —  Magazine - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine - 2007-02 - February
  • Then you won't have to keep going to the government for bailout loans like a bunch of hangdog, sad-sack losers. —  Examiner
  • Al Gore had loads of gravitas and John (I-Served-in-VietNam) Kerry was the virtual poster boy for gravitas with his hangdog, funereal, demeanor which betokened a president who, though he was charisma-challenged, was more than well endowed with loads of the G-word. —  Latest Articles
  • I could cure his wretched cough in two minutes with that stick he leans on The man started as if he had received a blow, and raised his head to glare fiercely at the youth, who was looking him superciliously up and down Look at him, Frank," continued Andrew; "did you ever see such a miserable, hangdog-looking cur Frank felt in agony, and gripped his companion by the arm Did you mean that to insult me, boy?" —  In Honour's Cause A Tale of the Days of George the First
 

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