Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest. 'Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise.' (Dryden) ... Shamefaced was once shamefast, shamefacedness was shamefastness, like steadfast and steadfastness; but the ordinary manifestations of shame being by the face, have brought it to its present orthography. Shame'face... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
Shame'faced` adjective [ For shamefast ; Anglo-Saxon scamfæst . See Shame , noun , and Fast firm.] Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest. « Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise.» ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/81