Definition of "hangdog" in English

noun

1. A base, degraded person.

adjective

1. Low; sneaking; ashamed.

   • Asper Argo, the Well-Beloved, Commdor of the Korellian Republic greeted his wife’s entry by a hangdog lowering of his scanty eyebrows. To her at least, his self-adopted epithet did not apply. Even he knew that.

verb

1. To move or loiter in a sneaking or ashamed manner.