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sheepish

/ˈʃiːpɪʃ/adjective

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adjective
  1. 1

    looking or feeling embarrassed because you have done something silly or wrong

    झेंपा हुआ, लज्जित

    • a sheepish grin
    • He gave a sheepish smile when the teacher found his missing homework.
    • Rohan looked sheepish when he realised he had come on the wrong day.
    + 2 more examples
    • She gave a sheepish apology for being late.
    • The boys wore sheepish expressions after the broken window.

    Synonyms embarrassed shamefaced abashed guilty red-faced

    Opposite bold confident shameless unabashed

◇Word family
sheepishly adv.
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sheep·ish

?Which word?

Keep the embarrassed words together: sheepish (embarrassed after doing something silly), shamefaced, abashed (embarrassed and ashamed), sheepish, chagrined (annoyed and embarrassed because of a failure), mortified (extremely embarrassed), red-faced.

झेंप के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: sheepish (कुछ मूर्खतापूर्ण करने के बाद शर्मिंदा), shamefaced, abashed (शर्मिंदा और लज्जित), chagrined (विफलता से खीझा और शर्मिंदा), mortified (अत्यधिक शर्मिंदा), red-faced।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

The black sheep (a person who is a disgrace to the family).

Idiom 'the black sheep' (परिवार के लिए कलंक व्यक्ति)।