sheepishness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

sheepishness
    n 1: feeling embarrassed about yourself [syn: {shamefacedness},
         {sheepishness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sheepish \Sheep"ish\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to sheep. [Obs.]
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   2. Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly
      diffident; timorous to excess.
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            Wanting change of company, he will, when he comes
            abroad, be a sheepish or conceited creature.
                                                  --Locke.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Sheep"ish*ly}, adv. --
      {Sheep"ish*ness}, n.
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