Sheepishly is a term that describes behaving or feeling embarrassed, timid or awkwardly shy, and it presents itself through an individual's body language or mannerisms. Some antonyms of sheepishly include, confidently, assertive, bold, self-assured or brashly. Rather than displaying feelings of timidness or insecurity, these antonyms portray confidence and boldness in one's actions, speech, and overall demeanour. Being confident shows a lack of hesitation, readiness to take risks, and utter self-assurance, making it an antonym of sheepishly. To portray a confident attitude, a person should believe in themselves, trust their skills, and take charge of their actions.

What are the antonyms for Sheepishly?

• adv.

  • noun
  • arrogantly
  ,
  • audaciously
  ,
  • bitchily
  ,
  • boldly
  ,
  • brashly
  ,
  • brazenly
  ,
  • contemptuously
  ,
  • discourteously
  ,
  • disdainfully
  ,
  • disrespectfully
  ,
  • fearlessly
  ,
  • haughtily
  ,
  • huffily
  ,
  • imperiously
  ,
  • impertinently
  ,
  • impolitely
  ,
  • impudently
  ,
  • loftily
  ,
  • pompously
  ,
  • presumptuously
  ,
  • pretentiously
  ,
  • proudly
  ,
  • rashly
  ,
  • recklessly
  ,
  • rudely
  ,
  • saucily
  ,
  • scornfully
  ,
  • superciliously
  ,
  • uncivilly
  ,
  • ungraciously
  ,
  • uppishly
  .

• Other relevant words:

• pridefully
,
• swaggeringly
.

Usage examples for Sheepishly

Famous quotes with Sheepishly

• “Do you know who first explained the true origin of the rainbow?” I asked. “It was Descartes,” he said. After a moment he looked me in the eye. “And what do you think was the salient feature of the rainbow that inspired Descartes’ mathematical analysis?” he asked. “Well, the rainbow is actually a section of a cone that appears as an arc of the colors of the spectrum when drops of water are illuminated by sunlight behind the observer.” “And?” “I suppose his inspiration was the realization that the problem could be analyzed by considering a single drop, and the geometry of the situation.” “You’re overlooking a key feature of the phenomenon,” he said. “Okay, I give up. What would you say inspired his theory?” “I would say his inspiration was that he thought rainbows were beautiful.” I looked at him sheepishly. He looked at me. “How’s your work coming?” he asked. I shrugged. “It’s not really coming.” I wished I was like Constantine. It all came so easily to him. “Let me ask you something. Think back to when you were a kid. For you, that isn’t going too far back. When you were a kid, did you love science? Was it your passion?” I nodded. “As long as I can remember.” “Me, too,” he said. “Remember, it’s supposed to be fun.” And he walked on.

  René Descartes
• He loved hitherto-unthought-of, thereafter-unthinkable combinations of instruments. When some extraordinary array of players filed half-proudly, half-sheepishly on to the stage, looking like the Bremen Town Musicians—if those were, as I think they were, a rooster, a cat, a dog, and a donkey—you could guess beforehand that it was to be one of Gottfried’s compositions. His had a tone-row composed of the notes B, A, C, and H (in the German notation), of these inverted, and of these transposed; and there were four movements, the first played on instruments beginning with the letter , the second on instruments beginning with the letter , and so on. After the magnificent group that ushered in the piece (bugle, bass-viol, bassoon, basset-horn, bombardon, bass-drum, baritone, and a violinist with only his bow) it was sad to see an Alp horn and an accordion come in to play the second movement. Gottfriend himself said about the first group: “Vot a bunch!” When I asked him how he had thought of it he said placidly: “De devil soldt me his soul.”

  Randall Jarrell

Synonyms:

scuttlebutt, scuttlebutt.