Self-conscious

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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-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"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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