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sheepish
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shee
-pish
]
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sheep·ish
/
ˈʃi
pɪʃ
/
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[
shee
-pish
]
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adjective
1.
embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish.
2.
like sheep, as in meekness, docility, etc.
Origin:
1150–1200;
Middle English
shepisshe.
See
sheep
,
-ish
1
Related forms
sheep·ish·ly,
adverb
sheep·ish·ness,
noun
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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Example Sentences
Looking
sheepish
in the face of such unquestionable dignity, the hooligans skulk away.
The cell phone was tucked away with a
sheepish
grin.
Algeria's government is looking especially
sheepish
.
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Looking
sheepish
in the face of such unquestionable dignity, the hooligans skulk away.
The cell phone was tucked away with a
sheepish
grin.
Algeria's government is looking especially
sheepish
.
For them, the emotions that make us
sheepish
about acting for the greater good shouldn't play a role in moral judgment at all.
Think of those who have risen to prominence in all fields whose
sheepish
full frontals are, many of them, still findable.
He said he'd meet me there, and he was quite
sheepish
.
Investors nursing large losses are certainly feeling rather
sheepish
now.
Heâ¬"s back on target, a rather
sheepish
grin on his face.
Don't feel
sheepish
if you guessed that it would fall.
Talking of private wolves at the door or biased opinion on
sheepish
electors is to entirely miss the point.
Even lions turn
sheepish
and follow the herds then, increasing the negative impact of the downturn.
He told me, in a slightly
sheepish
but deliberate way, about why the land had been cleared.
It showed patches of both goatish hair and
sheepish
wool.
The authorities, however, seem oddly
sheepish
about the new arrival.
Bujalski's
sheepish
drifters are mortifyingly tongue-tied.
Rabasa is sad-eyed and
sheepish
in the leading role, but his gentleness is attractive.
Look at the
sheepish
faces on players when they're wrong, and listen to the clucking from announcers.
Karen was slightly bucktoothed, with large,
sheepish
eyes and waist-length hair piled high as a wedding cake.
He doesn't have to do much of anything beyond looking dumb,
sheepish
and befuddled in an gracefully appealing way.
Gates leaned back on his stool with a big
sheepish
grin as his wife glanced knowingly at him.
Fleming and her handlers are being curiously
sheepish
about her legitimate accomplishments on this album.
Instead, they are looking
sheepish
and have alienated the people who will be the party's future.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
sheepish
(ˈʃiːpɪʃ)
—
adj
1.
abashed or embarrassed, esp through looking foolish or being in the wrong
2.
resembling a sheep in timidity or lack of initiative
'sheepishly
—
adv
'sheepishness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
sheepish
c.1200, "resembling a sheep in some characteristic," from
sheep
. The sense of "bashful" first is recorded 1693.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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