Sheep-faced
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sheep-faced is an adjective meaning Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sheep, face.
Meaning
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sheep, face.
More Meanings
- (dated) bashful; sheepish
Example Sentences
Margaret and Marillier stand, he rather sheepfaced, but putting on a bold and smiling front,
The sheep-faced soldier said, “What-say we tear up some floorboards upstairs an’ cover some of these cellar winders?”
So presently his lordship began to tell his symptoms to the doctor. The first part of ‘em seemed natural enough for a sheep faced village idiot like him.
Some do go beyond the bounds, and the police round them up, amid snickers, and keep them in safe quarters until Ash Wednesday. Then, in sheepfaced groups, the transgressors creep out of the “xadrés,” Rio slang for lock-up, and run the gauntlet of huge crowds of laughing onlookers
Word Forms
- sheepfaced
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sheepish, blate, shamefaced, shamefast, sheep-headed, sheepy.
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