1.
[syn: self-conscious, self-aware]
2. excessively and uncomfortably conscious of your appearance or behavior;
- Example: "self-conscious teenagers"
- Example: "wondered if she could ever be untidy without feeling self-conscious about it"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Self-conscious \Self`-con"scious\, a.
1. Conscious of one's acts or state as belonging to, or
originating in, one's self. "My self-conscious worth."
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
2. Conscious of one's self as an object of the observation of
others; as, the speaker was too self-conscious.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
self-conscious
adj 1: aware of yourself as an individual or of your own being
and actions and thoughts; "self-conscious awareness";
"self-conscious about their roles as guardians of the
social values"- D.M.Potter [syn: self-conscious, self-
aware]
2: excessively and uncomfortably conscious of your appearance or
behavior; "self-conscious teenagers"; "wondered if she could
ever be untidy without feeling self-conscious about it"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-conscious":
affected, anxious, apprehensive, artificial, awkward, bashful,
confused, conscious, coy, demure, diffident, embarrassed,
exhibitionist, formal, hesitant, ill at ease, inarticulate,
insecure, mannered, modest, mousy, nervous, ostentatious, prim,
reserved, retiring, self-effacing, shamefaced, shamefast, sheepish,
shrinking, shy, skittish, stammering, stiff, stilted, timid,
timorous, uncomfortable, uneasy, unsure