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Antonyms for sheepishness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : shee-pish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃi pɪʃ



Definition of sheepishness

Origin :
  • c.1200, "resembling a sheep" in some perceived characteristic, from sheep + -ish. The sense of "bashful, over-modest, awkward among strangers" first is recorded 1690s. Related: Sheepishly; sheepishness. Old English had sceaplic "of a sheep, 'sheep-ly.'"
  • As in bashfulness : noun modesty
  • As in shyness : noun bashfulness
  • As in coyness : noun shyness
  • As in retiringness : noun shyness
  • As in timidness : noun shyness
  • As in diffidence : noun hesitancy; lack of confidence
  • As in humility : noun humbleness, modesty
Example sentences :
  • Their expressions ran the gamut from sheepishness to blank haughtiness.
  • Extract from : « Adaptation » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • But my sheepishness has gone, and I tell you I'll have you whether you will or no.
  • Extract from : « Rhoda Fleming, Complete » by George Meredith
  • (to the child, who was convulsed with mirth and sheepishness).
  • Extract from : « Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
  • The very thought of it undoes me—with an absolute shock of sheepishness.
  • Extract from : « The Return » by Walter de la Mare
  • The look gradually changed from one of wonderment to one of sheepishness.
  • Extract from : « The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass » by Allen Chapman
  • The four original participants of the rumpus resumed their places in various stages of sheepishness.
  • Extract from : « Mercenary » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • "And that's the one thing I can't do," Banks admitted; and Bundy could not detect that any part of his sheepishness was feigned.
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • He was bowing with an effect of increasing strain and the intensity of his sheepishness becoming painful to contemplate.
  • Extract from : « Turns about Town » by Robert Cortes Holliday
  • While we men, taking blushes for a sign of guilt or sheepishness, are equally studious to suppress them.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Angèle was quite unembarrassed and promptly rescued both boys from sheepishness.
  • Extract from : « The Revellers » by Louis Tracy

Synonyms for sheepishness

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