self-con·scious (sĕlfkŏnshəs)
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Tweet adj. 1. Aware of oneself as an individual or of one's own being, actions, or thoughts. 2. Socially ill at ease: The self-conscious teenager sat alone during lunch. 3. Excessively conscious of one's appearance or manner: The self-conscious actor kept fixing his hair. 4. Showing the effects of self-consciousness; stilted: self-conscious prose. self-conscious·ly adv. self-conscious·ness n. |
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