sheepish
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pɪʃ adjective
1.
embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish.
2.
like sheep, as in meekness, docility, etc.
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| —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 | |
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Sheepish
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| 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 printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
sheepish
c.1200, "resembling a sheep in some characteristic," from sheep. The sense of "bashful" first is recorded 1693.
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Example sentences
He told me, in a slightly sheepish but deliberate way, about why the land had been cleared.
Investors nursing large losses are certainly feeling rather sheepish now.
Looking sheepish in the face of such unquestionable dignity, the hooligans skulk away.
Instead, they are looking sheepish and have alienated the people who will be the party's future.
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