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Sheepish

Sheepish | Sheepishly

Sheepish meaning

Having the characteristics of a sheep, as meekness, shyness, or docility. | Shy, meek, ashamed or embarrassed.

Synonyms of Sheepish

Example sentences (14)

Sheepish in our paper name tags, nobody wanted to be the first to step on a board.

Raised in Louisville, Ky., among racetrack denizens, my father can be a miserable loser and a confounding winner, self-pitying in defeat and sheepish in victory, as if either outcome feels a little unjust.

You're even asked how you react when you find something funny, whether it be a booming laugh, a little chuckle or even a sheepish smile.

And then it actually happened, and the whole rising up against a tyrannical government thing just totally slipped our minds, which is a little embarrassing," a sheepish NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre said.

But a sheepish Klopp couldn't remember where Mourinho, 56, even played before asking reporters to check for him in the middle of his pre-Spurs press conference.

The party is looking sheepish, squirming and desperate, as they try to belittle Labour's support for tackling child hunger.

Hilarious footage compiled by Jack documents his 'Neeson moment' as he discovers the scene, watches the CCTV and finally gets retribution as the sheepish lads clean up the mess.

His expression turned sheepish.

The crowd at the Solace Women’s Aid fundraiser at a pub in north London oblige, with women moving closer to the stage and a few sheepish-looking men shuffling out of the way.

A humility that has nothing to do with self-deprecation or with a sheepish nature.

I feel a little sheepish saying this to the person who does it, but I sometimes get stressed-out just thinking about the process of a stop-motion film.

It was the sheepish behaviour of a delivery vehicle driver and his passenger at about midnight that aroused the suspicion of police at Kuruman in the Northern Cape.

The uninjured man appeared from his vehicle looking sheepish after wrecking his sports car.

When this would happen I’m sure I had a sheepish look on my face and I would think to myself, “Oh crap!