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Definition of sheepish in English: sheepishadjective ˈʃiːpɪʃˈʃipɪʃ Showing or feeling embarrassment from shame or a lack of self-confidence. （人，表情）窘迫的；局促不安的 局促不安的咧嘴一笑。 Example sentencesExamples - There is something apologetic and sheepish about Boris even at the best of times.
- I looked over at his mother to see a sheepish, almost embarrassed look on her face.
- Next to her was a little old guy looking rather sheepish and awkward, wearing a stripy jacket and a corduroy cap, with lots of badges on both.
- Looking sheepish when he finally noticed me standing at the counter, he laughed an apology.
- He was smiling at me, looking uncharacteristically sheepish, and well, quite beautiful.
- As a gratifyingly sheepish look passed over my hairdresser's face, I basked in my brief moment of triumph.
- We're sheepish about it because we're too dumb to know how to fight back against the microscopic murderers.
- But it was too late to deliver an apology and I understand a sheepish Paul has hardly been able to sleep since.
- The groom's father and the bridegroom look sheepish and shake their heads.
- He looked rather sheepish and diffident, hands in pockets and a nervous grin on his face.
- His reply was a sheepish admission that even in time of war, boys will be boys.
- The offending male was rather sheepish when I glared at him through my cat-mask and asked him what exactly he thought he was doing.
- Sheep templates were snatched up and youngsters have been far from sheepish in letting their imaginations run riot.
- Her name was Rebecca and she spent Friday looking rather sheepish and apologetic!
- How can voters respond when their sheepish representatives can't even debate the matter in parliament?
- I just stand there with a sheepish grin, my heart thumping like a foundry hammer.
- In the intermission of the premiere, the guests looked distinctly sheepish.
- As I came through the door I was greeted by a sheepish looking hound.
- She ran ahead, anxious for the secret to be unveiled, while Jude walked behind with a sheepish grin.
- Some sheepish hands are raised and the rest are banished from his presence.
Synonyms embarrassed, uncomfortable, hangdog, self-conscious shamefaced, ashamed, abashed, mortified, chastened, chagrined remorseful, contrite, rueful, regretful, penitent, repentant shy, bashful, diffident
Derivativesnoun ˈʃiːpɪʃnəsˈʃipɪʃnəs The boy's sheepishness and self-effacing manner intrigued her. Example sentencesExamples - And then, with some embarrassment and sheepishness and a new sense of propriety, it ended.
- Ironic, too, that he's diffident to the point of sheepishness, even in front of the most adoring audience.
- But the elites' tendency to sheepishness proves many of them aren't the sharpest pencils in the box by a long shot.
- He has a boyish face, his features still able to fold into a look of sheepishness, as it would have done with every prank and scrape of his younger years, but the authority is clear in his voice and the glare that can spring from his eyes.
Definition of sheepish in US English: sheepishadjectiveˈSHēpiSHˈʃipɪʃ (of a person or expression) showing embarrassment from shame or a lack of self-confidence. （人，表情）窘迫的；局促不安的 局促不安的咧嘴一笑。 Example sentencesExamples - We're sheepish about it because we're too dumb to know how to fight back against the microscopic murderers.
- I looked over at his mother to see a sheepish, almost embarrassed look on her face.
- Sheep templates were snatched up and youngsters have been far from sheepish in letting their imaginations run riot.
- Her name was Rebecca and she spent Friday looking rather sheepish and apologetic!
- Some sheepish hands are raised and the rest are banished from his presence.
- Next to her was a little old guy looking rather sheepish and awkward, wearing a stripy jacket and a corduroy cap, with lots of badges on both.
- His reply was a sheepish admission that even in time of war, boys will be boys.
- Looking sheepish when he finally noticed me standing at the counter, he laughed an apology.
- How can voters respond when their sheepish representatives can't even debate the matter in parliament?
- But it was too late to deliver an apology and I understand a sheepish Paul has hardly been able to sleep since.
- She ran ahead, anxious for the secret to be unveiled, while Jude walked behind with a sheepish grin.
- The groom's father and the bridegroom look sheepish and shake their heads.
- In the intermission of the premiere, the guests looked distinctly sheepish.
- I just stand there with a sheepish grin, my heart thumping like a foundry hammer.
- The offending male was rather sheepish when I glared at him through my cat-mask and asked him what exactly he thought he was doing.
- There is something apologetic and sheepish about Boris even at the best of times.
- He was smiling at me, looking uncharacteristically sheepish, and well, quite beautiful.
- As a gratifyingly sheepish look passed over my hairdresser's face, I basked in my brief moment of triumph.
- As I came through the door I was greeted by a sheepish looking hound.
- He looked rather sheepish and diffident, hands in pockets and a nervous grin on his face.
Synonyms embarrassed, uncomfortable, hangdog, self-conscious
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