2. Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly
diffident; timorous to excess.
[1913 Webster]
Wanting change of company, he will, when he comes abroad, be a sheepish or conceited creature. --Locke. [1913 Webster] -- {Sheep"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Sheep"ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
sheepishness — sheepish ► ADJECTIVE ▪ embarrassed from shame or shyness. DERIVATIVES sheepishly adverb sheepishness noun … English terms dictionary
sheepishness — noun see sheepish … New Collegiate Dictionary
sheepishness — See sheepishly. * * * … Universalium
sheepishness — noun The quality or property of being sheepish; shyness; bashfulness … Wiktionary
sheepishness — n. embarrassment, abashment; meekness, docility … English contemporary dictionary
sheepishness — sheep·ish·ness … English syllables
sheepishness — noun feeling embarrassed about yourself • Syn: ↑shamefacedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sheepish, ↑shamefaced (for: ↑shamefacedness) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
shamefacedness — noun feeling embarrassed about yourself • Syn: ↑sheepishness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sheepish (for: ↑sheepishness), ↑shamefaced • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sheepish — adjective Date: 13th century 1. resembling a sheep in meekness, stupidity, or timidity 2. affected by or showing embarrassment caused by consciousness of a fault < a sheepish grin > • sheepishly adverb • sheepishness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
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