hangdog
(adjective) frightened into submission or compliance
guilty, hangdog, shamefaced, shamed
(adjective) showing a sense of guilt; “a guilty look”; “the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy”- Eric Linklater
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hangdog (plural hangdogs)
A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.
• See also gallows bird
hangdog (not comparable)
Low; sneaking; ashamed.
Source: Wiktionary
Hang"dog`, n.
Definition: A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.
Hang"dog`
Definition: , Low; sneaking; ashamed. The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 March 2025
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
