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sheepish
abject, blushing, compliant, docile, goatish, horsy, melted, penitent, red, sheeplike, tractable
Definition
adj.
like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity
Last update: September 27, 2016
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When he was a new comer to the school he use to look rather
sheepish
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Royce's hostile expression slowly faded into a
sheepish
smile.
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BLOOM: (Looks down with a
sheepish
grin) That is so.
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He now came forward in a
sheepish
kind of way; but when he saw Nora his face lit up.
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Two more
sheepish
, miserable wretches than those half-starved brothers of his, Hans had never seen.
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This culprit, unlike his companion in guilt, looked
sheepish
and crestfallen, as he slowly rose from his seat.
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But Sheppard’s grin died away, and she fancied that for a moment--only for a moment--he looked a little
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Peter looked a bit
sheepish
, but he said nothing and waited patiently.
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