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Synonyms for sheepish
ˈʃi pɪʃsheep·ish
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Princeton's WordNet
sheeplike, sheepishadjective
like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity
Synonyms:
sheeplike, shamefacedAntonyms:
unashamed, stubborn, obstinate, unregenerateshamefaced, sheepishadjective
showing a sense of shame
Synonyms:
shamed, sheeplike, guilty, hangdog, shamefacedAntonyms:
stubborn, unashamed, unregenerate, obstinate
Dictionary of English Synonymes
sheepishadjective
Synonyms:
timid, shame-faced, over-modest, very bashful, excessively diffident
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
sheepishadjective
Synonyms:
bashful, shy, over-modest
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#5928 | guilty | |
#62006 | shamed | |
#79599 | sheepish | |
#304816 | shamefaced |
How to use sheepish in a sentence?
I've talked to many of them, and I've told them I'm sympathetic. And, by the way, there's not a lot of vigor when they defend the position that they're taking, that they wouldn't even meet, for example, with a Supreme Court nominee. They're pretty sheepish about it when they make those comments.
At first, I was actually sheepish about having our family in the public at all, but I do think that it's really important to talk about, because there's all this stigma around special needs, and autism specifically. And there really shouldn't be, because all our children have something special to offer. And our son has made our family better.
Gregory Cheadle , of California:
President Trump is a rich guy who is mired in white privilege to the extreme, republicans are too sheepish to call him out on anything and they are afraid of losing their positions and losing any power themselves.
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