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sheepishness


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sheepish  \Sheep"ish\,  a. 
  1.  Of  or  pertaining  to  sheep.  [Obs.] 
 
  2.  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. 
  --  {Sheep"ish*ly},  adv  --  {Sheep"ish*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sheepishness 
  n  :  feeling  embarrassed  about  yourself  [syn:  {shamefacedness}] 




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