'Sheepish' definitions:
Definition of 'sheepish'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity [syn: sheeplike, sheepish]
adjective
Showing a sense of shame [syn: shamefaced, sheepish]
Definition of 'Sheepish'
From: GCIDE
- Sheepish \Sheep"ish\, a.
- 1. Of or pertaining to sheep. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sheepish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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- withdrawn