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Princeton's WordNet

  1. self-conscious, self-awareadjective

    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

  2. self-consciousadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. self-consciousadjective

    aware of oneself as an individual being

  2. self-consciousadjective

    uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour

ChatGPT

  1. self-conscious

    Being self-conscious refers to being excessively aware of one's self, actions, appearance, or manners. This may result in feelings of discomfort or awkwardness, especially when one believes they are being judged or observed by others. A self-conscious person often has a high level of concern for how they are perceived, leading to a heightened sensitivity to their surroundings.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Self-consciousadjective

    conscious of one's acts or state as belonging to, or originating in, one's self

  2. Self-consciousadjective

    conscious of one's self as an object of the observation of others; as, the speaker was too self-conscious

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of self-conscious in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of self-conscious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of self-conscious in a Sentence

  1. Tami Rowen:

    I have noticed over the past couple years that women are extremely self-conscious about their genitals and apologize for not being groomed, women were far more likely to groom if their partner also groomed and if their partner preferred that they groom.

  2. Kanye West:

    I was so self-conscious about the nanny and the housekeeper that I didn't want them to hear me screaming in the living room, i think that that's such a metaphor of something for the existence of so-called well-off people that they're not really well-off -- they won't even scream in their own house.

  3. Tim McGraw:

    It was exactly my process, basically, I am an unsure, self-conscious, shy person. That is how I started — even when I was in college —before I would get on stage, I would start drinking. I would start drinking to stop shaking.

  4. Tim McGraw:

    Basically, I am an unsure, self-conscious, shy person. That is how I started — even when I was in college —before I would get on stage, I would start drinking. I would start drinking to stop shaking.

  5. Christy Noel:

    Don't be self-conscious about it. It might take practice to come across as confident.


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