self-conscious

self-conscious

See also: selfconscious

English

Etymology

self- +‎ conscious

Adjective

self-conscious (comparative more self-conscious, superlative most self-conscious)

1. Aware of oneself as an individual being.
2. Uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour.
   • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:

     “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better. […]”

3. Socially ill at ease.

Translations

aware of oneself as an individual being

Dutch: zelfbewust (nl) Finnish: itsetietoinen French: introspectif (fr) Hebrew: נבוך‎ (he) m (navoh) Icelandic: sjálf meðvitaður

Irish: féin-chomhfhiosach Italian: autocosciente Japanese: 自己意識 (じこいしき, jiko ishiki) Spanish: autoconsciente Swedish: självmedveten (sv)

uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour

Dutch: zelfbewust (nl) Finnish: omahyväinen (fi), itsetietoinen Hungarian: zavarban van, feszélyezett, feszeng (hu), kényelmetlenül érzi magát, kínosan érzi magát

Japanese: 自己意識 (じこいしき, jiko ishiki) Maori: manawarau Spanish: cohibido (es)

socially ill at ease

Czech: sociálně nejistý Dutch: zelfbewust (nl) Finnish: hämillinen, estoinen (fi), vaivaantunut German: gehemmt (de)

Hungarian: félénk (hu), gátlásos (hu) Japanese: 自己意識 (じこいしき, jiko ishiki) Spanish: cohibido (es)