Synonyms for sheepish
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Timid — shy, meek, ashamed or embarrassed
timid, shy, bashful, ashamed, docile, shamefaced, overmodest
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Shy, meek, ashamed or embarrassed.
Related words
- Word family
- sheepishly sheepishness
Example sentences
- shy Shy children never laugh until everyone else does.
- ashamed He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
- timid She seems oddly shy and timid for a press officer.
- bashful The boy is bashful and doesn't talk much.
By length
- 3 letters
- shy1
- 5 letters
- timid2, ovine
- 6 letters
- docile2, sheepy
- 7 letters
- ashamed2, bashful2
- 10 letters
- shamefaced, overmodest
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (timid2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- penaud
- Italiano
- mortificato
- Deutsch
- belämmert
- Català
- capmoix