sheepishness

2 definitions found

sheepishness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sheepish \Sheep"ish\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to sheep. [Obs.]
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     2. Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly
        diffident; timorous to excess.
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              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.
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sheepishness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sheepishness
      n 1: feeling embarrassed about yourself [syn: shamefacedness,
           sheepishness]