A base, degraded person.
To move or loiter in a sneaking or ashamed manner.
showing a sense of guilt
"a guilty look"
"the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"
frightened into submission or compliance
Low; sneaking; ashamed.
The word hangdog comes from the combination of the words "hang" and "dog." It originally referred to a dog with its head hanging low, which came to describe a person who looks dejected or ashamed.