Synonyms for sheepish
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : shee-pish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃi pɪʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for sheepish Other synonyms for the word sheepish
Définition of sheepish
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.'"
- adj shy, embarrassed
- I ain't more 'n half a man when she's round, she makes me feel so sheepish.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- And who would have suspected so very fierce a wolf under so sheepish an outside?
- Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
- I ain't more'n half a man when she's round, she makes me feel so sheepish.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- He handed the assortment to Miss Thomas with a sheepish grin.
- Extract from : « A Son of the City » by Herman Gastrell Seely
- He swings me around facin' her, and I expect I must have acted some sheepish.
- Extract from : « Torchy, Private Sec. » by Sewell Ford
- As he was leaving, Redcar spoke to him in rather a sheepish way.
- Extract from : « Put Yourself in His Place » by Charles Reade
- Then with a sheepish laugh Frederik abruptly changed the subject.
- Extract from : « The Return of Peter Grimm » by David Belasco
- They stuck close together, with terrified and sheepish glances at each other.
- Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner
- The doctor, taken by surprise, awkward and sheepish, knelt too.
- Extract from : « The Trembling of a Leaf » by William Somerset Maugham
- Mark was sheepish, at first, but Phyllis put him at his ease in no time.
- Extract from : « Old Valentines » by Munson Aldrich Havens
Antonyms for sheepish
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