hangdogEnglishOxford American Thesaurushangdog adjective the hangdog look of a condemned man: shamefaced, ashamed, guilty-looking, sheepish, abashed, abject, cowed, cringing, downcast, crestfallen, woebegone, disconsolate, embarrassed, uncomfortable; browbeaten, defeated, intimidated, wretched. ▷antonyms confident, frank.