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Meaning of 'hangdog' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hangdog [ a.]
- Low; sneaking; ashamed.
2 . Hangdog [ n.]
- A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.

Meaning of 'hangdog' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hangdog [ s]
Meaning (1):
- showing a sense of guilt
Example in sentence:
  • a guilty look;
  • the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy

Nearby Words:

han han sa han't hanap hanaper hance hanch hand hand flus hand staves

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