Sheepishness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sheepish \Sheep"ish\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to sheep. [Obs.]
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     2. Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly
        diffident; timorous to excess.


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              Wanting change of company, he will, when he comes
              abroad, be a sheepish or conceited creature.
                                                    --Locke.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Sheep"ish*ly}, adv. --
        {Sheep"ish*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sheepishness
       n : feeling embarrassed about yourself [syn: {shamefacedness}]