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Sheepish

//ˈʃiːpɪʃ// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the characteristics of a sheep, as meekness, shyness, or docility.

    "“King Ty? Your sister is back.” “I don't want to talk to her unless she's here to apologize. Does she look sheepish?” “I guess I've seen a sheep in a cage before, so, yeah, kind of.”"

  2. 2
    Shy, meek, ashamed or embarrassed.

    "a sheepish girl"

Adjective
  1. 1
    showing a sense of shame wordnet
  2. 2
    like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English schepische, shepisse, shepisshe; equivalent to sheep + -ish.

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