sheepish
Adjective Satellite
- like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity
- showing a sense of shame
Adj
- Having the characteristics of a sheep, as meekness, shyness, or docility.
- Shy, meek, ashamed or embarrassed.
Adjective
- Embarrassed or shy due to a fault or mistake.
Examples
- a sheepish girl
- a sheepish grin
- He felt SHEEPISH after attempting to play a clearly misspelled word in Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English schepische, shepisse, shepisshe; equivalent to sheep + -ish.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 16
sheepish: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsheepish: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sheepish: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
sheepish: valid Words With Friends Word