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单词 sheepishly
释义

sheepish

adjective

sheep·​ish ˈshē-pish How to pronounce sheepish (audio)
1
: resembling a sheep: such as
a
: meek, timid
b
: stupid
2
: affected by or showing embarrassment caused by consciousness of a fault
a sheepish grin
sheepishly adverb
sheepishness noun

Synonyms

  • backward
  • bashful
  • coy
  • demure
  • diffident
  • introverted
  • modest
  • recessive
  • retiring
  • self-effacing
  • shy
  • withdrawn
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Example Sentences

He felt a little sheepish. a sheepish scholar who is most comfortable when surrounded by books
Recent Examples on the Web Taking that to mean him, Styles made a sheepish face and pretended to dash off the stage, which was met with laughter and applause. Karen Bliss, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2022 Oregon, where the sheepish Cookie (John Magaro) is making his way West with a group of fur trappers. Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2022 During the Super Bowl, Senate candidate Jim Lamon of Arizona ran an ad that was styled to look like an old western movie and starred himself as a gun-twirling sheriff firing at a sheepish actor dressed to resemble Joe Biden. Bill Donahue, Washington Post, 20 June 2022 Jonathan Feldman and Lisa Lougee felt a little sheepish about their lush lawn, which is spread out in a verdant carpet of meadow grass across the wide lot surrounding their 1911 Edwardian in the Richmond neighborhood of San Francisco. Sunset Magazine, 21 June 2022 But sheepish, hoping for a favor and uncomfortable having to ask. Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 12 May 2022 But Inouye-Perez has a habit of turning players into catchers, the coach says with a sheepish grin. Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2022 The Times’s metropolitan editor at the time, assembled a select, if slightly sheepish, group of reporters to go to a nearby pornographic theater to judge the film for themselves. Sam Roberts, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2022 And the once sheepish Earn is now asking brave enough to ask to get that money in advance at Paper Boi's request after he is detained in Amsterdam prison. Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 25 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

sheepish

adjective

sheep·​ish ˈshē-pish How to pronounce sheepish (audio)
1
: like a sheep (as in being meek or shy)
2
: feeling or showing embarrassment especially over being discovered having done something wrong or foolish
a sheepish look

sheepishly

adverb

as in humbly
in a manner showing no signs of pride or self-assertion the younger boy, who idolized the older one, would sheepishly follow him around and be at his beck and call

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • humbly
  • meekly
  • politely
  • abjectly
  • submissively
  • deferentially
  • modestly
  • lowly
  • timidly
  • shyly
  • bashfully
  • cap in hand
  • meanly
  • obsequiously
  • fearfully
  • subserviently
  • hat in hand
  • diffidently
  • timorously
  • servilely
  • respectfully
  • courteously
  • self-deprecatingly
  • civilly
  • mousily
  • suppliantly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • proudly
  • boldly
  • scornfully
  • haughtily
  • huffily
  • contemptuously
  • arrogantly
  • brazenly
  • superciliously
  • loftily
  • pridefully
  • imperiously
  • pompously
  • audaciously
  • brashly
  • presumptuously
  • pretentiously
  • fearlessly
  • disdainfully
  • swaggeringly
  • impertinently
  • saucily
  • self-importantly
  • recklessly
  • rashly
  • rudely
  • impudently
  • ungraciously
  • uppishly
  • disrespectfully
  • impolitely
  • discourteously
  • uncivilly
  • bitchily
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