self-conscious en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English conscious English self-conscious From self- + conscious.
Meanings
- Aware of oneself as an individual being.
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Excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour.
“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.[…]”
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- Uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| selfconscious | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most self-conscious | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more self-conscious | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
self-consciously · self-consciousness
Translations (39)
nb selvbevisst (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease) · es cohibido (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease) · pl samoświadomy (aware of oneself as an individual being) · ga féin-chomhfhiosach (aware of oneself as an individual being) · de verunsichert (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease) · de unbehaglich (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease) · ru стеснительный (aware of oneself as an individual being) · fi liian itsetietoinen (excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour) · he נבוך (aware of oneself as an individual being) · fi vaivaantunut (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease) · de verlegen (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease) · it autocosciente (aware of oneself as an individual being) · fr introspectif (aware of oneself as an individual being) · de befangen (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease) · pl zakompleksiony (excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour) · nb hemmet (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease) · fi itsetietoinen (aware of oneself as an individual being) · de gehemmt (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease) · ja 自己意識 (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease) · de selbstbewusst (aware of oneself as an individual being) · es autoconsciente (aware of oneself as an individual being) · nl onzeker (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease) · nb selvbevisst (aware of oneself as an individual being) · hu gátlásos (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease) · es inseguro (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease) · fi estoinen (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease) · es sentido del ridículo (aware of oneself as an individual being) · sv självmedveten (aware of oneself as an individual being) · fi omahyväinen (excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour) · is sjálf meðvitaður (aware of oneself as an individual being) · ja 自己意識 (aware of oneself as an individual being) · de zu selbstbewusst sein (excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour) · pt autoconsciente (aware of oneself as an individual being) · nl zelfbewust (aware of oneself as an individual being) · cs sociálně nejistý (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease) · hu félénk (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease) · bg самосъзнаващ се (aware of oneself as an individual being) · ru закомплексованный (excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour) · fi hämillinen (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease)