SHEEPISHNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sheepishness mean? 

• SHEEPISHNESS (noun)
  The noun SHEEPISHNESS has 1 sense:

1. feeling embarrassed about yourself

  Familiarity information: SHEEPISHNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHEEPISHNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Feeling embarrassed about yourself

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

shamefacedness; sheepishness

Hypernyms ("sheepishness" is a kind of...):

embarrassment (the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public)

Derivation:

sheepish (showing a sense of shame)