English-Thai Dictionary

sheepish

ADJ ขี้อาย  เหนียมอาย  รู้สึก อาย  abashed shamed unabashed unashamed ke-ai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHEEPISH

a. 1. Like a sheep; bashfus; timorous to excess; over-modest; meanly diffident.
2. Pertaining to sheep.

 

SHEEPISHLY

adv. Bashfully; with mean timidity or diffidence.

 

SHEEPISHNESS

n.Bashfulness; excessive modesty or diffidence; mean timorousness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHEEPISH

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sheepish

sheep ish |ˈSHēpiSH ˈʃipɪʃ | ▶adjective (of a person or expression ) showing embarrassment from shame or a lack of self-confidence: a sheepish grin. DERIVATIVES sheep ish ly adverb, sheep ish ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

sheepish

sheep |ish |ˈʃiːpɪʃ | ▶adjective showing or feeling embarrassment from shame or a lack of self-confidence: a sheepish grin. DERIVATIVES sheepishly adverb, sheepishness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sheepish

sheepish adjective stop looking so sheepish and come on in: embarrassed, uncomfortable, hangdog, self-conscious; shamefaced, ashamed, abashed, mortified, chastened, remorseful, contrite, apologetic, rueful, regretful, penitent, repentant.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sheepish

sheepish adjective Sam looked sheepish and apologetic: embarrassed, uncomfortable, hangdog, self-conscious; shamefaced, ashamed, abashed, mortified, chastened, chagrined; remorseful, contrite, rueful, regretful, penitent, repentant; shy, bashful, diffident. ANTONYMS unabashed.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sheepish

sheep ish /ʃíːpɪʃ /形容詞 きまりの悪い, 気恥ずかしい ; 内気な, 気の弱い, おどおどした .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞