sheepish | Definition of sheepish

Synonyms and Antonyms of sheepish

not comfortable around people

a sheepish scholar who is most comfortable when surrounded by books

Synonyms of sheepish

backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, introverted, modest, recessive, retiring, self-effacing, shy, withdrawn

Words Related to sheepish

antisocial, lone, lone-wolf, unsociable, unsocial

awkward, embarrassed, self-conscious, unadventurous, unassertive, unenterprising

inhibited, reserved, uneasy, uptight

Near Antonyms of sheepish

boon, clubbable (also clubable), companionable, convivial, gregarious, sociable, social

bold, dashing, forceful

brash, forward, overbold, uninhibited, unreserved

Antonyms of sheepish

extroverted (also extraverted), immodest, outgoing