- sheepish adj
- Shepherds are sheepish people who don't like staff meetings.
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sheepish adj
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sheepish — [adj] shy, embarrassed abashed, ashamed, chagrined, diffident, docile, foolish, guilty, mortified, retiring, self conscious, shamefaced, silly, tame, timid, timorous, uncomfortable; concept 401 Ant. aggressive, bold, unashamed, unembarrassed … New thesaurus
sheepish — adj. Sheepish is used with these nouns: ↑grin, ↑look, ↑smile … Collocations dictionary
sheepish — [shēpish] adj. [ME shepisse, like a sheep] 1. a) embarrassed as because of feeling chagrin b) awkwardly shy or bashful 2. resembling sheep in meekness, timidity, etc. sheepishly adv. sheepishness n … English World dictionary
sheepish — adj 1. embarrassed, ashamed, shamefaced, blushing; bashful, shy, timid, timorous, backward, hesitant, retiring, shrinking, unobtrusive, unostentatious; diffident, abashed, modest, reserved, restrained, self conscious, unconfident, Scot, and North … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
sheepish — adj. 1 bashful, shy, reticent. 2 embarrassed through shame. Derivatives: sheepishly adv. sheepishness n … Useful english dictionary
sheepish — sheep|ish [ˈʃi:pıʃ] adj slightly uncomfortable or embarrassed because you know that you have done something silly or wrong ▪ Sam looked a bit sheepish. ▪ a sheepish grin >sheepishly adv ▪ She smiled sheepishly … Dictionary of contemporary English
sheepish — [[t]ʃi͟ːpɪʃ[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you look sheepish, you look slightly embarrassed because you feel foolish or you have done something silly. I asked him why. He looked a little sheepish when he answered. Derived words: sheepishly ADV GRADED He… … English dictionary
sheepish — sheepishly, adv. sheepishness, n. /shee pish/, adj. 1. embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish. 2. like sheep, as in meekness, docility, etc. [1150 1200; ME shepisshe. See SHEEP, ISH1] * * * … Universalium
sheepish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. shamefaced, blushing, downcast, coy. See modesty. Ant., brazen, wolfish. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. timid, shy, retiring, embarrassed; see docile , tame 4 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… … English dictionary for students
sheepish — sheep·ish || ʃɪËpɪʃ adj. abashed, ashamed, embarrassed; meek, docile, like sheep … English contemporary dictionary
