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1. (adj.) sheepish
embarrassed or bashful, esp. for having done something wrong or foolish.
2. sheepish
like a sheep, as in meekness or docility.
Etymology: (1150–1200)
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| Definition of 'sheepish' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) sheeplike, sheepish
like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity
2. (adj) shamefaced, sheepish
showing a sense of shame
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| Definition of 'sheepish' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) sheepish
of or pertaining to sheep
2. (adj) sheepish
like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess
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Sense: embarrassed
a sheepish expression.
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 Afrikaans: skamerig |
 Arabic: خَجول، مُرْتَبِك |
 Bulgarian: смутен |
 Brazilian: encabulado |
 Czech: rozpačitý |
 German: blöde |
 Danish: fåret |
 Greek: ντροπαλός, αμήχανος |
 Spanish: avergonzado, abochornado |
 Estonian: kohtlane, häbelik |
 Farsi: گوسفندوار ؛ ساده دل |
 Finnish: nolo |
 French: embarrassé |
 Hebrew: בַּיישָנִי |
 Hindi: झेंप |
 Croatian: plah, smeten |
 Hungarian: szégyenlős |
 Indonesian: kemalu-maluan |
 Icelandic: kindarlegur |
 Italian: imbarazzato |
 Japanese: おどおどした |
 Korean: 부끄러워하는 |
 Lithuanian: sutrikęs, suglumęs |
 Latvian: kaunīgs; samulsis |
 Malay: tersipu-sipu |
 Dutch: verlegen |
 Norwegian: flau, forlegen, fåret |
 Polish: zbaraniały |
 Persian: گوسفندوار ؛ ساده دل |
 Pashto: شرمندوكى: خجالت |
 Portuguese: encabulado |
 Romanian: ruşinat |
 Russian: сконфуженный |
 Slovak: rozpačitý |
 Slovenian: zbegan |
 Serbian: posramljen |
 Swedish: förlägen, fåraktig |
 Thai: ขี้อาย |
 Turkish: utanmış, mahcup |
 Taiwanese: 靦腆的 |
 Ukrainian: боязкий, соромливий |
 Urdu: شرمیلا، کھسیانا |
 Vietnamese: bẽn lẽn |
 Chinese: 腼腆的 |
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