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sheepfaced

sheepfaced is the alternative form of sheep-faced.

Meaning of sheep-faced

Adjective

sheep-faced (comparative more sheep-faced, superlative most sheep-faced)

  1. (dated) bashful; sheepish
    • Margaret and Marillier stand, he rather sheepfaced, but putting on a bold and smiling front,1908, Alfred Sutro, The barrier; a new and original play in four acts, page 54
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sheep, face.

Forms of sheepfaced

comparativemore sheepfaced
superlativemost sheepfaced

Questions about sheepfaced

What is sheepfaced the alternative form of?
Sheepfaced is the alternative form of sheep-faced.

Words near sheepfaced in the dictionary

  1. sheepdogs
  2. sheepdom
  3. sheepe
  4. Sheepeater
  5. Sheepeaters
  6. sheepfaced
  7. sheepflesh
  8. sheepfold
  9. sheepfolds
  10. sheepfucker
  11. sheepfuckers

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