About The Word Sheepish
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Sheepish
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What's The Definition Of Sheepish?
[adj] showing a sense of shame
[adj] like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity Synonyms | Synonyms for Sheepish: ashamed(p) | docile | shamefaced | sheeplike Related Terms | Find terms related to Sheepish: See Also | Sheepish In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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