Synonym: bashful, coy, demure, shy, timid. Similar words: stream of consciousness, conscious, unconscious, consciously, subconscious, consciousness, semiconscious, subconsciously. Meaning: adj. 1. aware of yourself as an individual or of your own being and actions and thoughts 2. excessively and uncomfortably conscious of your appearance or behavior.
1. I felt a bit self-conscious in my swimming costume.
2. His prose style is far too mannered and self-conscious.
3. Jerry's pretty self-conscious about his weight.
4. He looked uncomfortable, like a self-conscious adolescent who's gone to the wrong party.
5. Becka was very self-conscious about her spots.
6. He's always been self-conscious about being so short.
7. She was a shy, self-conscious girl.
8. Her prose is far too mannered and self-conscious.
9. She looked self-conscious and guilty.
10. He started to get self-conscious about his weight.
11. I used to be self-conscious of my sticking-out teeth.
12. I felt so self-conscious under Luke's mother's intense gaze.
13. The humour of the play is self-conscious and contrived.
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14. Putting the work together is a very self-conscious process.
15. In their presence I became self-conscious and tongue-tied.
16. His natural reserve made him appear self-conscious.
17. Some people become very self-conscious in adolescence.
18. Bess was self-conscious about being shorter than her two friends.
19. Whatever she wore, she'd feel acutely self-conscious.
20. Sally had always been self-conscious about her height.
21. Teenagers are often very self-conscious about their appearance.
22. However, be careful of creating self-conscious metaphors and similes.
23. I always feel really self-conscious in a bikini.
24. Leo's still self-conscious about his accent.
25. Her diary was written in a strangely self-conscious style.
26. Leyland rose, stiff, self-conscious, afraid.
27. Many teenagers are self-conscious about their bodies.
28. "I've never drunk wine before," I said, suddenly self-conscious.
29. He studied her in a way that made her very self-conscious.
30. Some young people who were easy-going and extroverted as children become self-conscious in early adolescence.
More similar words: stream of consciousness, conscious, unconscious, consciously, subconscious, consciousness, semiconscious, subconsciously, self-contempt, conscientious, self-confidence, unconscionable, conscience, age of consent, conscript, vicious, specious, gracious, spacious, precious, officious, capacious, vivacious, salacious, delicious, malicious, rapacious, tenacious, fallacious, ferocious.