sheepish
adj.
abashed, ashamed, embarrassed; meek, docile, like sheep
sheepish
Adjective
1. like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity
(synonym) sheeplike
(similar) docile
2. showing a sense of shame
(synonym) shamefaced
(similar) ashamed(p)
Sheepish
(a.)
Of or pertaining to sheep.
(a.)
Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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sheepish
adj.
شرمالو ,شرمگيں, بزدل, بھولا, نمانا, سادہ لوح, سرنگوں, (جھينپو)
sheepish
Synonyms and related words:
abject, amenable, apologetic, asinine, blushful, blushing, bovid, bovine, caprid, caprine, compliant, contrite, cowish, cowlike, deerlike, docile, embarrassed, equestrian, equine, flushed, goatish, goatlike, hircine, hoggish, hoofed, horsy, humble, humbled, manipulable, meek, melted, mulish, obedient, ovine, passive, penitent, penitential, penitentiary, piggish, pliable, red, repentant, ruddy, ruminant, shamefaced, sheeplike, softened, swinish, timid, touched, tractable, ungulate, withdrawn
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.