ashamed; embarrassed; blushing with shame
Literary and somewhat formal expression for feeling deeply ashamed, often used in set phrases like 汗顔の至り (to one's great shame). Not an everyday casual word.
I feel deeply ashamed of my own immaturity.
That failure is truly a matter of great shame.
Sino-Japanese compound from 汗 (sweat) and 顔 (face), literally 'sweating face', used figuratively for shame since at least the Edo period.