self-conscious
- excessively aware of being observed by others.
- conscious of oneself or one's own being.
Origin of self-conscious
Related Words for self-conscious
anxious, sheepish, unsure, stilted, awkward, stiff, shy, bashful, embarrassed, uneasy, uncomfortable, nervous, mannered, affected, artificial, diffident, shamefaced, uncertainExamples from the Web for self-conscious
Contemporary Examples of self-conscious
Colors more likely to be seen during Carnival in Rio than on any self-conscious American are hits.
Rowe said Jackson was self-conscious about his skin troubles and often likened himself to the Elephant Man.
The audience responded with self-conscious groans and moans as if to suggest that Meyers had crossed some sacred line.
The Great War was a self-conscious war, he says: “the story of effects generating their cause.”
But instead of evoking luxurious joy, the result was labored and self-conscious.
Historical Examples of self-conscious
In this vast but connected universe we are not the only self-conscious beings.
The Comrade In WhiteW. H. Leathem
The boy drew himself up with a self-conscious air as he replied.
Almost A ManMary Wood-Allen
This power, the army, was organized in the council and was self-conscious.
But the bulk of the players, though all were earnest and fervent, were clumsy or self-conscious.
Dreamers of the GhettoI. Zangwill
If she hadn't been self-conscious she would never have said such a thing as that.
Love and LucyMaurice Henry Hewlett
self-conscious
- unduly aware of oneself as the object of the attention of others; embarrassed
- conscious of one's existence