self-conscious : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: self-conscious	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for self-conscious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-conscious adj 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 Synonym(s): self-conscious, self- aware 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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Self-conscious \Self`-con"scious\, a. 1. Conscious of one's acts or state as belonging to, or originating in, one's self. [bd]My self-conscious worth.[b8] --Dryden. 2. Conscious of one's self as an object of the observation of others; as, the speaker was too self-conscious.