'Self-conscious' definitions:

Definition of 'self-conscious'

From: WordNet
adjective
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 [syn: self-conscious, self- aware]
adjective
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"

Definition of 'Self-conscious'

From: GCIDE
  • Self-conscious \Self`-con"scious\, a.
  • 1. Conscious of one's acts or state as belonging to, or originating in, one's self. "My self-conscious worth." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Conscious of one's self as an object of the observation of others; as, the speaker was too self-conscious. [1913 Webster]

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