hangdog
Collocations
2VERB + HANGDOG
battle
PREP.
in, with
Definitions
noun
A base, degraded person.
adj
Low; sneaking; ashamed.
The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look.
Asper Argo, the Well-Beloved, Commdor of the Korellian Republic greeted his wife’s entry by a hangdog lowering of his scanty eyebrows. To her at least, his self-adopted epithet did not apply. Even he knew that.
verb
To move or loiter in a sneaking or ashamed manner.
With a twenty-one to three victory, Pinewood high-stepped it off the field while our Falcons hangdogged their way to the locker room.
Just a few stragglers left hangdogging around, latchkey types with no place to be, cutting up in the dim and bleachered gym perimeter.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — showing a sense of guilt
- guilty
- shamefaced
- shamed
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look.
WiktionaryAsper Argo, the Well-Beloved, Commdor of the Korellian Republic greeted his wife’s entry by a hangdog lowering of his scanty eyebrows. To her at least, his self-adopted epithet did not apply. Even he
WiktionaryHe looked at them in a kind of dread, not daring to ask for details; and he observed that they, too, looked as though they had been in a battle; something hangdog in their looks suggested that they ha
WiktionaryWith a twenty-one to three victory, Pinewood high-stepped it off the field while our Falcons hangdogged their way to the locker room.
WiktionaryJust a few stragglers left hangdogging around, latchkey types with no place to be, cutting up in the dim and bleachered gym perimeter.
WiktionaryHe has a hangdog face.
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