Thesaurus: sheepish

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1. a. Of or pertaining to sheep.
2. a. Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess.
3. adj. like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity
4. adj. showing a sense of shame
5. 1. Of or pertaining to sheep. [Obs.] 2. Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess. Wanting change of company, he will, when he comes abroad, be a sheepish or conceited creature. Locke. -- Sheep"ish*ly, adv. -- Sheep"ish*ness, n.
6. j:100 s like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity s showing a sense of shame