sheepish

English

Etymology

From sheep +‎ -ish.

Adjective

sheepish ‎(comparative more sheepish, superlative most sheepish)

1. Having the characteristics of a sheep
2. shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed

Derived terms

• sheepishly
• sheepishness

Translations

having the characteristics of a sheep

• Danish: fåret
• Finnish: lammasmainen

• Italian: pecorino (it), pecoresco, pecorile
• Russian: ове́чий (ru) ‎(ovéčij)

shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed

• Danish: fåret, flov (da)
• French: penaud (fr)
• Hiligaynon: torpe
• Khmer: អៀន (km) ‎(iǝn)

• Maori: whakakumu
• Norman: peîneux
• Romanian: bleg (ro)
• Russian: ро́бкий (ru) ‎(róbkij), засте́нчивый (ru) ‎(zasténčivyj)
• Scots: blate
• Scottish Gaelic: nàireach