self-conscious
self–con·scious
adj \-ˈkän(t)-shəs\Definition of SELF-CONSCIOUS
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
See First Known Use of SELF-CONSCIOUS
circa 1680
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