sheepish

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  1. adjective Embarrassed, as by consciousness of a fault: a sheepish grin.
  2. adjective Meek or stupid.

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  • The music went on, through all their heads and all the frames, translating the figures to reality, carrying them all on the wave of force that was the detonation of the Magic Bomb. —  Phaze Doubt
  • Sulky, sheepish, and amazed, they still sat round the table. —  The Valley of Fear
  • Raffles sat down again, lit a Sullivan, and gave what in any other man I should call a sheepish laugh. —  Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
  • He came into the sitting-room presently looking a bit sheepish, and again I noticed the curious, stiff gait with which he walked. —  A Town Like Alice
  • "Altra looked a bit sheepish, an odd expression on a feline face. —  Storm Rising
 

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  1. from Middle English shepisshe; from sheep + -ish.
 

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/ˈʃipɪʃ/
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