Dictionary Definition
sheepish adj
1 like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or
stupidity or meekness or timidity [syn: sheeplike]
2 showing a sense of shame [syn: shamefaced]
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English
Adjective
- Having the characteristics of a sheep
- shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abject,
amenable, apologetic, asinine, blushful, blushing, bovid, bovine, caprid, caprine, compliant, contrite, cowish, cowlike, deerlike, docile, embarrassed, equestrian, equine, flushed, goatish, goatlike, hircine, hoggish, hoofed, horsy, humble, humbled, manipulable, meek, melted, mulish, obedient, ovine, passive, penitent, penitential, penitentiary, piggish, pliable, red, repentant, ruddy, ruminant, shamefaced, sheeplike, softened, swinish, timid, touched, tractable, ungulate, withdrawn