sheepishness (uncountable) The quality or property of being sheepish; shyness; bashfulness. SHEEPISHNESS meaning: 1. the quality of being sheepish (= embarrassed because you have done something wrong or silly.. Learn more. Synonyms for SHEEPISHNESS: bashfulness, diffidence, timidity, timidness, shyness, reservedness, acquiescence, deference; Antonyms of SHEEPISHNESS: attitude, aggressiveness, assertiveness,.

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sheepishness, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary Define sheepishness. sheepishness synonyms, sheepishness pronunciation, sheepishness translation, English dictionary definition of sheepishness. adj. 1. Embarrassed, as by consciousness of a fault: a. The word sheepishness is derived from sheepish, shown below. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Find 59 different ways to say SHEEPISHNESS, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.

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