sheepish
11sheepish — adj. Sheepish is used with these nouns: ↑grin, ↑look, ↑smile …
12sheepish — sheep|ish [ ʃipıʃ ] adjective ashamed or embarrassed about something you have done: a sheepish grin/smile ╾ sheep|ish|ly adverb: John nodded sheepishly in agreement …
13sheepish — adjective uncomfortable or embarrassed because you know that you have done something silly or wrong: Richard was looking sheepish. sheepishly adverb: She grinned sheepishly. sheepishness noun (U) …
14sheepish — adjective stop looking so sheepish and come on in Syn: embarrassed, uncomfortable, hangdog, self conscious; shamefaced, ashamed, abashed, mortified, chastened, remorseful, contrite, apologetic, rueful, regretful, penitent, repentant …
15sheepish — UK [ˈʃiːpɪʃ] / US [ˈʃɪpɪʃ] adjective ashamed or embarrassed about something that you have done a sheepish grin/smile Derived word: sheepishly adverb John nodded sheepishly in agreement …
16sheepish adj — Shepherds are sheepish people who don t like staff meetings …
17sheepish — 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] * * * …
18sheepish — adjective a) Having the characteristics of a sheep b) shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed …
19sheepish — Synonyms and related words: abject, amenable, apologetic, asinine, blushful, blushing, bovid, bovine, caprid, caprine, compliant, contrite, cowish, cowlike, deerlike, docile, embarrassed, equestrian, equine, flushed, goatish, goatlike, hircine,… …
20sheepish — 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.… …
