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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