self-conscious

See also: selfconscious

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ conscious.

Adjective

self-conscious (comparative more self-conscious, superlative most self-conscious)

1. Aware of oneself as an individual being.
2. Excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour.
   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     “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. […]”

4. Uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease.

Translations

aware of oneself as an individual being

• Bulgarian: самосъзнаващ се (samosǎznavašt se)
• Dutch: zelfbewust (nl)
• Finnish: itsetietoinen
• French: introspectif (fr)
• German: selbstbewusst (de)
• Hebrew: נבוך (he) m (navoh)
• Icelandic: sjálf meðvitaður
• Irish: féin-chomhfhiosach
• Italian: autocosciente
• Japanese: 自己意識 (じこいしき, jiko ishiki)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selvbevisst

• Polish: samoświadomy
• Portuguese: autoconsciente
• Spanish: autoconsciente
• Swedish: självmedveten (sv)

excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour

• Finnish: omahyväinen (fi), liian itsetietoinen
• German: zu selbstbewusst (de) sein
• Polish: zakompleksiony

uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease

• Czech: sociálně nejistý
• Dutch: onzeker (nl)
• Finnish: hämillinen, estoinen (fi), vaivaantunut
• German: unbehaglich (de), verlegen (de), befangen (de), gehemmt (de), verunsichert (de)
• Hungarian: félénk (hu), gátlásos (hu)
• Japanese: 自己意識 (じこいしき, jiko ishiki)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selvbevisst, hemmet

• Spanish: cohibido (es), inseguro (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: стеснителен (bg) (stesnitelen)
• Dutch: onzeker (nl)
• Esperanto: sinĝena
• Hungarian: zavarban van, feszélyezett, feszeng (hu), kényelmetlenül érzi magát, kínosan érzi magát
• Japanese: 自己意識 (じこいしき, jiko ishiki)
• Maori: manawarau, kiri hihira
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selvopptatt (no), hemmet