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The definition of sheepish is embarrassed after doing something wrong or shy.

(adjective)

An example of sheepish is a person who has just said something bad about her manager that the manager overheard.

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See sheepish in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

1. embarrassed as because of feeling chagrin
2. awkwardly shy or bashful
resembling sheep in meekness, timidity, etc.

Origin: ME shepisse, like a sheep

Related Forms:

sheepishly adverb
sheepishness noun

See sheepish in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Embarrassed, as by consciousness of a fault: a sheepish grin.
Meek or stupid.

Related Forms:

sheepˈish·ly adverb

sheepˈish·ness noun

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