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- Dictionaryself-consciously/ˌsɛlfˈkɒnʃəsli/
adverb
- 1. in a manner suggesting undue awareness of oneself, one's appearance, or one's actions: "she smiled self-consciously, trying not to feel foolish"
- 2. deliberately and with full awareness: "he self-consciously avoided taking responsibility"
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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.
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.
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. Historically, "self-consciousness" was synonymous with "self-awareness", referring to a state of awareness that one exists and that one has consciousness. [1] .
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.
6 days ago · self-consciously. Doing something self-consciously means feeling insecure and slightly embarrassed while you do it. If you're shy, you may find yourself standing self-consciously in the corner at a party, waiting for someone to talk to you.
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.
Use the adjective self-conscious to describe someone who is ill at ease or uncomfortable with himself. A self-conscious person might worry about how he looks or whether he's saying the right things.
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.
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.
