self-conscious

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self-conscious [adjective]

nervous or uncomfortable because you know what people think about you or your actions

US /ˌselfˈkɑːn.ʃəs/ 
UK /ˌselfˈkɒn.ʃəs/ 

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مثال: 

He looked uncomfortable, like a self-conscious adolescent.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

self-conscious

 adjective
worried about what other people think of you:
She walked into her new school feeling very self-conscious.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

self-conscious

ˌself-ˈconscious BrE AmE adjective
1. worried and embarrassed about what you look like or what other people think of you
self-conscious about
Jerry’s pretty self-conscious about his weight.
2. self-conscious art, writing etc shows that the artist etc is paying too much attention to how the public will react to their work
—self-consciously adverb:
The boys posed rather self-consciously for the photo.
—self-consciousness noun [uncountable]

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

self-conscious

ˌself-ˈconscious [self-conscious self-consciously self-consciousness]       adjective
1. ~ (about sth) nervous or embarrassed about your appearance or what other people think of you
• He's always been self-conscious about being so short.

• She was a shy, self-conscious girl.

2. (often disapproving) done in a way that shows you are aware of the effect that is being produced
The humour of the play is self-conscious and contrived.
Opp:  unselfconscious 
Derived Words: self-consciously  self-consciousness  
Example Bank:
He studied her in a way that made her very self-conscious.
• He's always been self-conscious about being so short.

• Taken aback by her frankness, he gave a little self-conscious laugh.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

ˌ self- ˈ conscious / ˌselfˈkɒn.ʃəs /   / -ˈkɑːn- / adjective

C1 nervous or uncomfortable because you know what people think about you or your actions:

He looked uncomfortable, like a self-conscious adolescent.

 

ˌ self- ˈ consciously / ˌselfˈkɒn.ʃəs.li /   / -ˈkɑːn- / adverb

 

ˌ self- ˈ consciousness / ˌselfˈkɒn.ʃəs.nəs /   / -ˈkɑːn- / noun [ U ]

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

self-conscious

 1) ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about n Someone who is self-conscious is easily embarrassed and nervous because they feel that everyone is looking at them and judging them.
  I felt a bit self-conscious in my swimming costume...
  Bess was self-conscious about being shorter than her two friends.
  Derived words:
  self-consciously ADV-GRADED ADV with v I glanced down at my dress jacket a little self-consciously... She was fiddling self-consciously with her wedding ring.
  self-consciousness N-UNCOUNT ...her painful self-consciousness.
 2) ADJ-GRADED If you describe someone or something as self-conscious, you mean that they are strongly aware of who or what they are. [FORMAL]
  They were forged by them, moreover, into a self-conscious nation as early as the 10th century...
  Putting the work together is a very self-conscious process.
  Derived words:
  self-consciously ADV-GRADED ADV adj The world which the book inhabits seems too self-consciously literary, too introverted... The place is as self-consciously trendy as they come.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

self-conscious

self–con·scious /ˌsɛlfˈkɑːnʃəs/ adj [more ~; most ~]
1 : uncomfortably nervous about or embarrassed by what other people think about you
• She's self-conscious whenever she has to give a speech.
- often + about
• He's very self-conscious about his appearance.
2 usually disapproving : done in a way that shows an awareness of the effect that is produced : done in a deliberate way
• the self-conscious irony in the play
• a self-conscious attempt to win people's sympathy
- self–con·scious·ly adv
• He self-consciously smoothed his hair.
- self–con·scious·ness noun [noncount]