lamblike

adjective

Definition of lamblikenext
as in sheepish

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamblike
  1. sheepish
  2. hangdog
  3. servile
  4. abject
  5. meek
  6. humble
  7. menial
Adjective
  • In a few seconds, and more than once, a sheepish Mad Dog admitted to being friends with Mara.
    Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Musk has not been sheepish about staking the company’s future on autonomous software.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of sheepish
Adjective
  • The Movie finds its titular alpha wolf Scott McCall (Tyler Posey) a teenager no more, but still struggling with the same hangdog loneliness.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The man is Calum (Normal People's Paul Mescal), dangling on the cusp of 32, handsome in a hangdog way, with an arm in a cast and a big smile that can't entirely hide the distress that nips at his joy.
    A.A. Dowd, Chron, 9 Nov. 2022
Definition of hangdog
Adjective
  • His co-stars, like Will Ferrell’s savage Mugatu, Owen Wilson’s stoner hottie Hansel, and Nathan Lee Graham’s servile Todd — all so precise and well-defined in the original’s ravelike milieu — are doomed to retrace their old steps here.
    Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
  • These officials could, in turn, redistribute some of their private goods among their own servile lieutenants, but the monarch retained ultimate power to grant or revoke their privileged status.
    Serhiy Kudelia, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2014
Definition of servile
Adjective
  • The multiyear project will have been an abject failure.
    Makena Kelly, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2025
  • For instance, all trials involving a cylinder shape were abject failures, unable to keep the hoop aloft.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of abject
Adjective
  • He was supposed to be a meek guy who doesn’t speak up.
    Josh Weiss, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Gary starts the film as a meek, somewhat nerdy college professor, but circumstances quickly force him into the uncomfortable position of becoming an undercover police informant.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of meek
Adjective
  • The Bunny Museum began as a humble endeavor back in 1998.
    Maxwell Williams, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Listen to this article Loading your audio article All five past, present and future presidents gathered Thursday at an inspirational state funeral for Jimmy Carter, the famously folksy peanut farmer who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to become the 39th commander-in-chief.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of humble
Adjective
  • Despite their training and education, they were often assigned menial tasks.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The unchecked implementation of technology in daily menial tasks is just as big of a specter here.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of menial
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lambently

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lambs

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