2
: affected by or showing embarrassment caused by consciousness of a fault
a sheepish grin
sheepishly
adverb
sheepishness
noun
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Examples of sheepish in a Sentence
He felt a little sheepish.
a sheepish scholar who is most comfortable when surrounded by books
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Musk has not been sheepish about staking the company’s future on autonomous software.
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Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024
The scene where Acuña calls Drake’s mom to tell her that her son is (temporarily) out of the band, while a sheepish Drake stands nearby him, is sufficiently intense to make a viewer cringe with sympathetic embarrassment.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
Schiller, who has been overseeing the iPhone app store since its inception in 2008, made the admission during occasionally sheepish testimony about the new payment options that so far have been shunned by all but a few dozen apps since their introduction in January.
—Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 23 May 2024
No one can argue with that, least of all the two company reps, both of whom by this point have been reduced to sheepish nods.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 3 May 2024
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Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024
The scene where Acuña calls Drake’s mom to tell her that her son is (temporarily) out of the band, while a sheepish Drake stands nearby him, is sufficiently intense to make a viewer cringe with sympathetic embarrassment.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
Schiller, who has been overseeing the iPhone app store since its inception in 2008, made the admission during occasionally sheepish testimony about the new payment options that so far have been shunned by all but a few dozen apps since their introduction in January.
—Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 23 May 2024
No one can argue with that, least of all the two company reps, both of whom by this point have been reduced to sheepish nods.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 3 May 2024
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“Sheepish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sheepish. Accessed 20 Dec. 2024.
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sheepish
adjective
sheep·ish
ˈshē-pish 
1
: resembling a sheep (as in being meek or shy)
2
: embarrassed especially over being found out in a fault
a sheepish look
sheepishly
adverb
sheepishness
noun
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