sheepishadjective
uk/ˈʃiː.pɪʃ/us/ˈʃiː.pɪʃ/embarrassed because you know that you have done something wrong or silly:
She gave me a sheepish smile and apologized.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ashamed and embarrassed
- abashed
- ashamed
- awkward
- awkwardly
- embarrassed
- hangdog
- have egg on your face idiom
- humble
- know
- look
- look sb in the eye/face idiom
- meet
- meet sb's eye idiom
- mortified
- mortify
- mortifying
- not know where to put yourself idiom
- shamefaced
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sheepishly
adverb uk/ˈʃiː.pɪʃ.li/us/ˈʃiː.pɪʃ.li/
He sheepishly admitted he hadn’t done his homework.
sheepishness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈʃiː.pɪʃ.nəs/us/ˈʃiː.pɪʃ.nəs/