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sheepishness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sheepishness
Sheepish \Sheep"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to sheep. [Obs.]
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Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess.
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.
Wiktionary
sheepishness
n. The quality or property of being sheepish; shyness; bashfulness.
WordNet
sheepishness
n. feeling embarrassed about yourself [syn: shamefacedness]
Usage examples of "sheepishness".
Pertelope was standing bolt upright, his face contorted into an expression of terminal sheepishness.