as in embarrassed
concerned with the way one is perceived by others
He used to feel self-conscious about his belly.
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Recent Examples of self-conscious
Sweeney’s Dennis is wry and self-conscious and gay, and Dylan O’Brien’s Roman is hunky, angry, and very straight.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
That freed you up to feel a lot less worried and self-conscious as an actress.
—H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Like Ye’s 2016 album The Life of Pablo, its form continues to solidify even after release; like SOS, its core theme is addressing an imbalance between the outward celebrity and shot-caller and the long-suffering lover and sometimes self-conscious overthinker behind the scenes.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
But there’s something overripe about the image, a self-conscious baroqueness that troubles the line between humor and horror.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for self-conscious 
Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
That freed you up to feel a lot less worried and self-conscious as an actress.
—H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Like Ye’s 2016 album The Life of Pablo, its form continues to solidify even after release; like SOS, its core theme is addressing an imbalance between the outward celebrity and shot-caller and the long-suffering lover and sometimes self-conscious overthinker behind the scenes.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
But there’s something overripe about the image, a self-conscious baroqueness that troubles the line between humor and horror.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for self-conscious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-conscious
Adjective
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After all, how many evil corporations have started because a guy got embarrassed about his wiener in the woods?—
Josh Wigler,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Feb. 2025
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The Hoosiers have too often been embarrassed during Woodson’s four seasons.—
Scott Dochterman,
The Athletic,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Bochner began working in the wake of Abstract Expressionism, whose emphasis on artistic genius, painterly excellence, and formalism left many of his generation feeling uneasy.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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This has posed a problem for the Kremlin, which does not want to be seen clamping down on those who are essentially patriots but may be uneasy with warts-and-all accounts of Russian battlefield setbacks.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Living there was an uncomfortable experience for Petito, her friend Rose Davis says in the series.—
Barry Levitt,
TIME,
17 Feb. 2025
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From tornadoes to mudslides and floods and more floods, Kentucky has endured an unlucky streak, stretching back too many uncomfortable years to count, of being pounded by one climate disaster after another.—
Tricia Fulks Kelley,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Self-conscious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-conscious. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.
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