Definition of Sheepishness

1. Noun. Feeling embarrassed about yourself.

Exact synonyms: Shamefacedness
Generic synonyms: Embarrassment
Derivative terms: Shamefaced, Shamefaced, Shamefaced, Sheepish

Definition of Sheepishness

1. Noun. The quality or property of being sheepish; shyness; bashfulness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sheepishness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheepishness

sheephead
sheepheads
sheepherder
sheepherders
sheepherding
sheepherdings
sheephook
sheephooks
sheepier
sheepies
sheepiest
sheepily
sheepiness
sheepish
sheepishly
sheepishness (current term)
sheepishnesses
sheeple
sheepless
sheeplike
sheepman
sheepmaster
sheepmasters
sheepmen
sheepo
sheepos
sheeprack
sheeprun
sheepruns
sheeps

Literary usage of Sheepishness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Robt: Leighton by Robert Leighton, George Jerment (1805)
"... as the upper region; not the place of continual tempest and storms, as the most are: let it pass for a kind of sheepishness to be meek, it is a likeness ..."

2. The Lover's Lexicon: A Handbook for Novelists, Playwrights, Philosophers by Frederick Greenwood (1893)
"How shall perfect innocence distinguish between the sheepishness of sheepishness and the sheepishness of adolescent passion ? ..."

3. A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern Languages (1869)
"Rustic sheepishness, bashfulness;" in other words, "sheepishness or bashfulness," the result of living too exclusively in the country. ..."

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