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adjective

Sheepish adj.

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."

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"Sheepish" Quotes from Famous Books

... Marrow Farm, and the agent was detaching the four men destined to that locality, with their camping-gear. By the open gate the farmer stood eying his new material askance. Dejected enough creatures they looked—poor devils picked up at ten pound the dozen, who, by the mingled apathy and sheepish amusement on their faces, might never have seen a pitchfork, or smelled a field of clover, ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... of forgot," grinned the reckless one, obeying with alacrity and looking sheepish. "But you know there's two thundering big tarantulas out there fighting like blazes. You ought to see 'em jump! It's a sort of ...

— Bar-20 Days • Clarence E. Mulford

... satisfaction in their good appearance. I was especially amused at one of our recruits, who did not march in the ranks, and who said, after watching the astonishment of some white soldiers, "De buckra sojers look like a man who been-a-steal a sheep,"—that is, I suppose, sheepish. ...

— Army Life in a Black Regiment • Thomas Wentworth Higginson

... looking sheepish at first for having been caught dancing with Helen. But he soon recovered and became his charming self. Miss Cordelia and Miss Patty always made him particularly welcome, listening with approval to his chatter of ...

— Mary Minds Her Business • George Weston

... get his story out of him, and to this day I have never quite learned the truth. Controlling my laughter, I sent a note round to Professor Girdelstone, asking him to come to my rooms. In about ten minutes he appeared, looking as draggled and sheepish as poor Monteagle. In his bosom he carried the fateful MS., which I now saw for the first time. If it was a forgery (and I have never been convinced) it was certainly a masterpiece. From what Girdelstone said to me, then and since, ...

— Masques & Phases • Robert Ross

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