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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. aware of yourself as an individual or of your own being and actions and thoughts;
- Example: "self-conscious awareness"
- Example: "self-conscious about their roles as guardians of the social values"- D.M.Potter
[syn: self-conscious, self-aware]

2. excessively and uncomfortably conscious of your appearance or behavior;
- Example: "self-conscious teenagers"
- Example: "wondered if she could ever be untidy without feeling self-conscious about it"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

self-conscious adj 1: 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] 2: 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"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-conscious": affected, anxious, apprehensive, artificial, awkward, bashful, confused, conscious, coy, demure, diffident, embarrassed, exhibitionist, formal, hesitant, ill at ease, inarticulate, insecure, mannered, modest, mousy, nervous, ostentatious, prim, reserved, retiring, self-effacing, shamefaced, shamefast, sheepish, shrinking, shy, skittish, stammering, stiff, stilted, timid, timorous, uncomfortable, uneasy, unsure