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sheepish - 4 dictionary results

sheep⋅ish

[shee-pish]
–adjective
1. embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish.
2. like sheep, as in meekness, docility, etc.

Origin:
1150–1200; ME shepisshe. See sheep, -ish 1


sheep⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
sheep⋅ish⋅ness, noun
sheep·ish   (shē'pĭsh)   
adj.  
  1. Embarrassed, as by consciousness of a fault: a sheepish grin.
  2. Meek or stupid.
sheep'ish·ly adv., sheep'ish·ness n.

Sheepish

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.
Language Translation for : sheepish
Spanish: avergonzado, abochornado,
German: blöde,
Japanese: おどおどした

sheepish 
c.1200, "resembling a sheep in some characteristic," from sheep. The sense of "bashful" first is recorded 1693.
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