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Answer for the clue "Feeling embarrassed about yourself ", 12 letters:
sheepishness

Word definitions for sheepishness in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sheepish \Sheep"ish\, a. Of or pertaining to sheep. [Obs.] 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 ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. feeling embarrassed about yourself [syn: shamefacedness ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality or property of being sheepish; shyness; bashfulness.

Usage examples of sheepishness.

Pertelope was standing bolt upright, his face contorted into an expression of terminal sheepishness.