He had a sheepish grin on his face when she told him that she had found out his secret.
Source: tatoeba (2652716)
Sheepish
//ˈʃiːpɪʃ//
Synonyms for "sheepish" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
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Synonyms
3 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- овчи adj (having the characteristics of a sheep)
- смутен adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
- стеснителен adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
Danish
3 entries- flov adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
- fåret adj (having the characteristics of a sheep)
- fåret adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
Dutch
2 entries- schaapachtig adj (having the characteristics of a sheep)
- schaapachtig adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
Finnish
1 entries- lammasmainen adj (having the characteristics of a sheep)
French
1 entries- penaud adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
Greek
1 entries- ντροπαλός adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- torpe adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
Italian
3 entries- pecoresco adj (having the characteristics of a sheep)
- pecorile adj (having the characteristics of a sheep)
- pecorino adj (having the characteristics of a sheep)
Khmer
1 entries- អៀន adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
Māori
1 entries- whakakumu adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
Norman
1 entries- peîneux adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- اوتانغاچ adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
- محجوب adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
Polish
4 entries- owczy adj (having the characteristics of a sheep)
- zakłopotany adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
- zawstydzony adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
- zmieszany adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
Romanian
4 entries- bleg adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
- jenă adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
- sfială adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
- sfioasă adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
Russian
3 entries- засте́нчивый adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
- ове́чий adj (having the characteristics of a sheep)
- ро́бкий adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
Scots
1 entries- blate adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- nàireach adj (shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Tom looked a bit sheepish.
Source: tatoeba (3121666)
It had been Bucklaw's misfortune, that his habits of life had not rendered him familiarly acquainted with the higher and better classes of female society, so that, with all his natural audacity, he felt sheepish and bashful when it became necessary to address a lady of distinction.
Source: tatoeba (7752529)
Ziri was talking with a sheepish air of apology.
Source: tatoeba (10822063)
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