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- Dictionaryself-con·scious/ˌselfˈkänSHəs/
adjective
- 1. feeling undue awareness of oneself, one's appearance, or one's actions: "I feel a bit self-conscious parking my scruffy old car"
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The meaning of SELF-CONSCIOUS is conscious of one's own acts or states as belonging to or originating in oneself : aware of oneself as an individual. How to use self-conscious in a sentence.
nervous or uncomfortable because you are worried about what people think about you or your actions: He looked uncomfortable, like a self-conscious adolescent. Fewer examples. I always feel a bit self-conscious in a hat. Stop staring - you make me self-conscious. She's very self-conscious about her nose.
Being self-conscious goes beyond just being aware of yourself — when you're self-conscious, you constantly question the way you appear to others. You might feel self-conscious when you stand in front of a group to give a speech, or when you're trying out for a movie or a play.
Self-conscious means overly aware of and sensitive to attention from others, often to the point of feeling anxious or embarrassed. In this sense, self-conscious is always used negatively. A person can be self-conscious in general, or about a particular aspect of themselves.
Self-consciousness is a heightened sense of awareness of oneself. It is not to be confused with consciousness in the sense of qualia.
If you describe someone or something as self-conscious, you mean that they are strongly aware of who or what they are. [formal] They were forged by them, moreover, into a self-conscious nation as early as the 10th century. Putting the work together is a very self-conscious process.
self-conscious (about something) nervous or embarrassed about your appearance or what other people think of you. He's always been self-conscious about being so short. She was a shy, self-conscious girl.
a nervous or uncomfortable feeling that you have when you are worried about what people think about you or your actions: Many adolescents suffer from crippling self-consciousness. After the first 10 minutes, people have lost the feeling of self-consciousness, and they're just enjoying the experience. Fewer examples.
Definition of self-conscious adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
