self-conscious

One entry found for self-conscious.

Main Entry: self-con·scious
Pronunciation: -'kän(t)-sh&s
Function: adjective
1 a : conscious of one's own acts or states as belonging to or originating in oneself : aware of oneself as an individual b : intensely aware of oneself : CONSCIOUS <a rising and self-conscious social class>; also : produced or done with such awareness <self-conscious art>
2 : uncomfortably conscious of oneself as an object of the observation of others : ILL AT EASE
- self-con·scious·ly adverb
- self-con·scious·ness noun