hangdog[adjective]Synonyms: guilty, cowed, cringing, defeated, downcast, furtive, shamefaced, wretched
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
hang‧dog /ˈhæŋdɒɡ $ -dɒːɡ/
adjective hangdog expression/look an expression that shows you feel sorry or ashamed about something:
I could tell from his hangdog look that things had gone badly. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲