📖 Definitions of "Sheepish"
adjective
- 1
Having the characteristics of a sheep.
- 2
Shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed.
🔄 Synonyms of "Sheepish"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| docile | Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient. |
| shamefaced | Ashamed, displaying shame, especially by blushing in the face. |
| sheeplike | Resembling a sheep: docile or uncomplaining, or willing to follow a leader blindly. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sheepish"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sheeplikenoun | Resembling a sheep: docile or uncomplaining, or willing to follow a leader blindly. |
| shamefaced | Ashamed, displaying shame, especially by blushing in the face. |
| docile | Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient. |
| ashamed | (chiefly of someone in trouble and undergoing punishment for doing something wrong) Feeling shame or guilt. |
| ovinenoun | (comparable) Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis. |
| timid | Lacking in courage or confidence. |
| sheepynoun | (childish or endearing) sheep |
| sheep-like | Alternative spelling of sheeplike. [Resembling a sheep: docile or uncomplaining, or willing to follow a leader blindly.] |
| shepherdlike | Resembling or characteristic of a shepherd. |
| shepherdy | (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a shepherd. |
| ramlikenoun | Resembling or characteristic of a ram (male sheep). |
| sheep-faced | (dated) bashful; sheepish |
| lambish | Characteristic of a lamb; lamblike |
| sheep-headed | silly; simple-minded; stupid |
| goatlikenoun | Resembling or characteristic of a goat. |
| goatlynoun | (rare) Having the characteristics of a goat. |
| woolish | Resembling or characteristic of wool. |
| wolfish | Suggestive or characteristic of a wolf. |
| lambynoun | Alternative form of lambie. [(childish or endearing) A lamb.] |
| sheep-biting | (obsolete) Contemptible; unscrupulous; shifty; thieving. |
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