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.
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sheepishness
n : feeling embarrassed about yourself [syn: shamefacedness]