sheepish
شرمیلا
definition
adjective
a sheepish grin
(of a person or expression) showing embarrassment from shame or a lack of self-confidence.
example
We're 'sheepish' about it because we're too dumb to know how to fight back against the microscopic murderers.
But it was too late to deliver an apology and I understand a 'sheepish' Paul has hardly been able to sleep since.
Next to her was a little old guy looking rather 'sheepish' and awkward, wearing a stripy jacket and a corduroy cap, with lots of badges on both.
There is something apologetic and 'sheepish' about Boris even at the best of times.
He looked rather 'sheepish' and diffident, hands in pockets and a nervous grin on his face.
I just stand there with a 'sheepish' grin, my heart thumping like a foundry hammer.
I looked over at his mother to see a 'sheepish' , almost embarrassed look on her face.
Looking 'sheepish' when he finally noticed me standing at the counter, he laughed an apology.
Her name was Rebecca and she spent Friday looking rather 'sheepish' and apologetic!
The offending male was rather 'sheepish' when I glared at him through my cat-mask and asked him what exactly he thought he was doing.
Some 'sheepish' hands are raised and the rest are banished from his presence.
She ran ahead, anxious for the secret to be unveiled, while Jude walked behind with a 'sheepish' grin.
In the intermission of the premiere, the guests looked distinctly 'sheepish' .
His reply was a 'sheepish' admission that even in time of war, boys will be boys.
The groom's father and the bridegroom look 'sheepish' and shake their heads.
Sheep templates were snatched up and youngsters have been far from 'sheepish' in letting their imaginations run riot.
How can voters respond when their 'sheepish' representatives can't even debate the matter in parliament?
As a gratifyingly 'sheepish' look passed over my hairdresser's face, I basked in my brief moment of triumph.
As I came through the door I was greeted by a 'sheepish' looking hound.
He was smiling at me, looking uncharacteristically 'sheepish' , and well, quite beautiful.
But the elites' tendency to 'sheepishness' proves many of them aren't the sharpest pencils in the box by a long shot.
When I ask the Marines if they've seen anything weird, they laugh 'sheepishly' , looking at each other.
And then, with some embarrassment and 'sheepishness' and a new sense of propriety, it ended.
Eventually he was coaxed out and 'sheepishly' he made his excuses.
They sighed and looked here and there 'sheepishly' , but the game was over.
Ironic, too, that he's diffident to the point of 'sheepishness' , even in front of the most adoring audience.
The shortest member of the group stands 'sheepishly' holding a bicycle handlebar in his hand, the end marked with red paint.
The boy's 'sheepishness' and self-effacing manner intrigued her.
Almost all insist that they're 15, but 'sheepishly' admit they're lying when pressed.
He has a boyish face, his features still able to fold into a look of 'sheepishness' , as it would have done with every prank and scrape of his younger years, but the authority is clear in his voice and the glare that can spring from his eyes.
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