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sheepish

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sheep·ish  (shpsh)
adj.
1. Embarrassed, as by consciousness of a fault: a sheepish grin.
2. Meek or stupid.
sheepish·ly adv.
sheepish·ness n.
sheepish
Adjective
embarrassed because of feeling foolish
sheepishly adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.sheepish - like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity
sheeplike
docile - willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"
2.sheepish - showing a sense of shame
shamefaced
ashamed - feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse; "are you ashamed for having lied?"; "felt ashamed of my torn coat"
sheepish
adjective embarrassed, uncomfortable, ashamed, silly, foolish, self-conscious, chagrined, mortified, abashed, shamefaced << OPPOSITE unembarrassed
Translations
sheepish [ˈʃiːpɪʃ] adj → tímido, vergonzoso
sheepish [ˈʃiːpɪʃ] adj → penaud(e) → timide
sheepish [ˈʃiːpɪʃ] sheep adj → verlegen
sheepish [ˈʃiːpɪʃ] adj → vergognoso/a, timido/a


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But the rams need only cease to suppose that all that happens to them happens solely for the attainment of their sheepish aims; they need only admit that what happens to them may also have purposes beyond their ken, and they will at once perceive a unity and coherence in what happened to the ram that was fattened.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
I am verily weary of it, ever thy sheepish shepherd to be.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
He indicated the two strangers, who shuffled their feet with embarrassment and looked more sheepish than ever.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
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