sheeplike
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6.8
- adjective
- /ˈʃiːpˌlaɪk/
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- In the meeting, everyone nodded in agreement, showing their sheeplike acceptance of the proposal.
Examples
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The answer is apparently a lot more than the sheeplike Albany progressives who are supposed to be great "organizers" and fight for causes and couldn't even find a candidate for an open seat.
Blog text (22) -
Health science has sent the first out of the window entirely, and the stupid, sheeplike compliance of GPs is steadily eroding the second.
Blog text (15) -
I am impressed with all the little sheeplike minds.
Blog text (29) -
Who wanted only to lay down in the boat, off from shore, and let the storm bear him and his sheeplike companions away.
Fiction book (1996) -
Or the town's thieves and adulterers and his sheeplike acceptance of them sitting in the front pews, their faces masks of haughty and false devotion.
Fiction book (1994) -
The students followed the teacher's instructions in a sheeplike manner during the drill.
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Despite the chaos, the crowd moved sheeplike, trusting the guide to lead them safely.
Synonyms
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7.9
Having a soft, woolly look or a gentle, shy way
Very gentle and quiet like a lamb
Having a gentle, shy, innocent manner like a young deer
Antonyms
How Docile
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sheeplike comes from sheep and the part -like, where sheep brings the picture of an animal that follows quietly and -like means 'similar to'. So, sheeplike describes someone who is 'easily led' or 'timid', like a sheep.