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self-conscious

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self-con·scious (slfknshs)
adj.
1. Aware of oneself as an individual or of one's own being, actions, or thoughts.
2. Socially ill at ease: The self-conscious teenager sat alone during lunch.
3. Excessively conscious of one's appearance or manner: The self-conscious actor kept fixing his hair.
4. Showing the effects of self-consciousness; stilted: self-conscious prose.

self-conscious·ly adv.
self-conscious·ness n.

self-conscious
adj
1. unduly aware of oneself as the object of the attention of others; embarrassed
2. (Psychology) conscious of one's existence
self-consciously  adv
self-consciousness  n
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Adj.1.self-conscious - 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
conscious - knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts; "remained conscious during the operation"; "conscious of his faults"; "became conscious that he was being followed"
2.self-conscious - 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"
uncomfortable - conducive to or feeling mental discomfort; "this kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable"; "the uncomfortable truth"; "grew uncomfortable beneath his appraising eye"; "an uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I felt surest"; "the teacher's presence at the conference made the child very uncomfortable"

self-conscious
adjective embarrassed, nervous, uncomfortable, awkward, insecure, diffident, ill at ease, sheepish, bashful, shamefaced, like a fish out of water, out of countenance I felt a bit self-conscious in my swimming costume.
Translations
self-conscious [ˌselfˈkɒnʃəs] ADJcohibido, tímido
she was really self-conscious at firstal principio estaba muy cohibida
she was self-conscious about her heightestaba acomplejada por su estatura

self-conscious [ˌsɛlfˈkɒnʃəs] adja disagio, impacciato/a
self-conscious [ˌsɛlfˈkɒnʃəs] adja disagio, impacciato/a

self-conscious
adj self-conscious [selfˈkonʃəs]
too easily becoming shy or embarrassed when in the presence of others She'll never be a good teacher – she's too self-conscious. selfbewus خَجول стеснителен plachý genert befangen αμήχανος, ντροπαλός cohibido, tímido uje خجالتي vaivautunut intimidé בַּיישָׁן संकोची smeten, pun hemunga félénk dirinya feiminn; meðvitaður um sjálfið imbarazzato; timido 人目を気にする 자의식이 강한 drovus kautrīgs; bikls malu verlegenb sjenert, keitet nieśmiały envergonhado timid застенчивый plachý sramežljiv samosvestan generad, osäker, besvärad ขี้อายง่ายจนเกินไปเมื่ออยู่ต่อหน้าผู้อื่น mahcup, utangaç 容易害羞的 соромливий; незграбний اپنے رویے ، حلیے کی بابت زیادہ حساس e dè
adv self-ˈconsciously
selfbewus بِخَجَل смутено rozpačitě genert befangen αμήχανα tímidamente ujedalt خجولانه vaivautuneesti avec gêne בִּמבוּכָה संकोच से smeteno, sputano öntudatosan secara pemalu feimnislega con imbarazzo 人目を気にして 자기를 의식하여 droviai kautrīgi; bikli dengan malu verlegen sjenert, keitet nieśmiało envergonhadamente cu jenă застенчиво rozpačito sramežljivo samosvesno osäkert, besvärat อย่างขี้อายง่ายจนเกินไปเมื่ออยู่ต่อหน้าผู้อื่น mahcubiyetle 難為情地 соромливо خودنگری سے e dè
n self-ˈconsciousness
selfbewustheid خَجَل стеснителност rozpaky generthed die Befangenheit αμηχανία timidez ujedus خجالت vaivautuneisuus gêne, embarras מְבוּכָה संकोच smetenost, opterećenost hemunzima öntudatosság sikap pemalu feimni imbarazzo; timidezza 自意識 자의식(自意識) drovumas kautrīgums; biklums sifat malu verlegenheid sjenanse nieśmiałość vergonha jenă; încurcătură застенчивость rozpaky sramežljivost samosvesnost förlägenhet, osäkerhet ความขี้อายง่ายจนเกินไปเมื่ออยู่ต่อหน้าผู้อื่น mahcupluk 自我意識 соромливість خودنگری sự e dè

self-conscious خجول nesmělý selvbevidst befangen ενσυνείδητος acomplejado vaivautunut timide samosvjestan imbarazzato 自意識の強い 남의 이목을 꺼리는 zelfbewust forlegen nieśmiały acanhado застенчивый självmedveten มีสติรู้ตัว içine kapanık ngượng ngập 自我意识的


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They'd be much less self-conscious as pantomime-fairies.
Much as my dear boy was, unhappily, too self-conscious and self-satisfied (I'll draw no parallel between him and you in that respect) to love as he should have loved, or as any one in his place would have loved--must have loved
We said it with self-conscious pride, like men who know their own power.
 
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