hangdog

Speech parts

1. hangdog - Noun

2. hangdog - Adjective

3. hangdog - Verb

4. hangdog - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.

Low; sneaking; ashamed.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Examples

With a lot of comedians, one of their major attributes is that they look comedic, with a certain hangdog or manic expression. I look like the neighborhood bully. That doesn't elicit laughter. Sylvester Stallone

I spend enough time onscreen looking hangdog and depressed. Louis C.K.

a guilty look Source: Internet

the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy Source: Internet

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