Hangdog

n.	1.	A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.
a.	1.	Low; sneaking; ashamed. The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look. - Thackeray.

Adj.	1.	hangdog - showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater Synonyms: shamed, guilty, shamefaced
	2.	hangdog - frightened into submission or compliance Synonyms: browbeaten, bullied, cowed, intimidated

abashed, abject, ashamed, backscratching, beggarly, blushing, bootlicking, chagrined, chapfallen, cowering, crawling, crestfallen, cringing, crouching, crushed, embarrassed, fawning, flattering, footlicking, groveling, humbled, humiliated, ingratiating, mealymouthed, mortified, obeisant, obsequious, on bended knee, out of countenance, parasitic, prostrate, red-faced, shamed, shamefaced, shamefast, sniveling, sponging, sycophantic, timeserving, toadeating, toadying, toadyish, truckling