sheepish

Questions about sheepish

What does sheepish mean?

sheepish means "like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sheepish?

sheepish has 2 syllables: shee-pish. The stress falls on "shee". In IPA it is /ˈʃipɪʃ/.

What is another word for sheepish?

Close synonyms include sheeplike, shamefaced. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sheepish a common word?

sheepish is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.