Definitions for sheepish

sheepish sheep·ish

Spelling: [shee-pish]
IPA: /ˈʃi pɪʃ/

Sheepish is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in sheepish (eehhipss).

Definitions for sheepish

adjective

  1. embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish.
  2. like sheep, as in meekness, docility, etc.

Origin of sheepish

First recorded in 1150-1200, sheepish is from the Middle English word shepisshe. See sheep, -ish1

Examples for sheepish

I ain't more'n half a man when she's round, she makes me feel so sheepish.

He swings me around facin' her, and I expect I must have acted some sheepish.

He handed the assortment to Miss Thomas with a sheepish grin.

And who would have suspected so very fierce a wolf under so sheepish an outside?

As he was leaving, Redcar spoke to him in rather a sheepish way.

There are denials from phone makers and carriers, sheepish admissions from others.

"I would have sheltered him, or killed for him to be completely honest…" and her voice trails off in a sheepish tone.

That left the small but fervid legion of believers who had dropped everything feeling upset and sheepish.

The other kind of clueless father I encounter on a semi-regular basis is the sheepish variety.

I ain't more 'n half a man when she's round, she makes me feel so sheepish.

Word Value for sheepish
Scrable

16

Words with friends

15

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