SHEEPISH

shamefaced, sheepish

(adjective) showing a sense of shame

sheeplike, sheepish

(adjective) like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

sheepish (comparative more sheepish, superlative most sheepish)

Having the characteristics of a sheep.

Shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed.

Source: Wiktionary


Sheep"ish, a.

1. Of or pertaining to sheep. [Obs.]

2. Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess. Wanting change of company, he will, when he comes abroad, be a sheepish or conceited creature. Locke.

– Sheep"ish*ly, adv.

– Sheep"ish*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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