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Definition of Sheepish
1. Adjective. Like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity.
2. Adjective. Showing a sense of shame.
Definition of Sheepish
1. a. Of or pertaining to sheep.
Definition of Sheepish
1. Adjective. Having the characteristics of a sheep ¹
2. Adjective. shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sheepish
1. embarrassed [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheepish
Literary usage of Sheepish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... and did him service they have subdued, resting upon their own -.•-»' reeling
forces. Ma**-*- sheepish softness often ..."
2. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1869)
"... into which the diving-bell, mysterious engine, was let down, full of adventurous
spirits who invariably returned to the upper air flushed and sheepish. ..."
3. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"But if you laugh at him, he immediately becomes sheepish. He would rather fight
than stay in that position. The fact is not to be disputed that the Germans ..."
4. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1880)
"regarding it with a. sheepish and shamefaced air, as one so used to be accused,
when any sort of mischief had been perpetrated, that he was expecting every ..."
5. Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children by Theodore Roosevelt (1919)
"FOUR sheepish SMALL BOYS DEAREST ARCHIE: mite House> APril »•1908' Ethel has
bought on trial an eight-months bulldog pup. He is very cunning, very friendly, ..."
6. Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children by Theodore Roosevelt (1919)
"... it was a wonder that Ethel was able to keep her seat, because naturally the
frightened little mare reared and plunged and ran. FOUR sheepish SMALL BOYS ..."
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