What does sheepish mean?
Definitions for sheepish
ˈʃi pɪʃsheep·ish
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word sheepish.
Princeton's WordNet
sheeplike, sheepishadjective
like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity
shamefaced, sheepishadjective
showing a sense of shame
Wiktionary
sheepishadjective
Having the characteristics of a sheep
sheepishadjective
shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sheepishadjective
Bashful; over-modest; timorously and meanly diffident.
Etymology: from sheep.
Wanting change of company, he will, when he comes abroad, be a sheepish or conceited creature. John Locke.
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sheepish
Sheepish generally refers to someone feeling or showing embarrassment as a result of having done something wrong, foolish, or embarrassing, often accompanied by a lack of self-confidence or bashfulness. This term could also suggest a person who is easily influenced or led, resembling the characteristics of a sheep.
Webster Dictionary
Sheepishadjective
of or pertaining to sheep
Sheepishadjective
like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sheepish in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sheepish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of sheepish in a Sentence
I've talked to many of them, and I've told them I'm sympathetic. And, by the way, there's not a lot of vigor when they defend the position that they're taking, that they wouldn't even meet, for example, with a Supreme Court nominee. They're pretty sheepish about it when they make those comments.
At first, I was actually sheepish about having our family in the public at all, but I do think that it's really important to talk about, because there's all this stigma around special needs, and autism specifically. And there really shouldn't be, because all our children have something special to offer. And our son has made our family better.
Gregory Cheadle , of California:
President Trump is a rich guy who is mired in white privilege to the extreme, republicans are too sheepish to call him out on anything and they are afraid of losing their positions and losing any power themselves.
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