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How to use self-conscious in a sentence
For the first time in his life Gwynne felt self-conscious in putting his arm about a woman’s waist for the waltz.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
For the first time in her life she was self-conscious: I will wait for a more opportune time to tell him, she thought.
THE FIFTH STRING JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
She was tall and stately, but I thought she walked too stiffly; she seemed self-conscious and artificial.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMAN
So that she looked up at her aunt in happy freedom from any self-conscious embarrassment.
ROBIN REDBREASTMARY LOUISA MOLESWORTH
I feel rather self-conscious, however, as I am being pointed out by passengers.
MY WONDERFUL VISITCHARLIE CHAPLIN
I would feel self-conscious and cheap in deliberately waving and throwing kisses at it.
MY WONDERFUL VISITCHARLIE CHAPLIN
I am always self-conscious when meeting children without my make-up for that very reason.
MY WONDERFUL VISITCHARLIE CHAPLIN
The nurse, excited and self-conscious in her unfamiliar attire, withdrew to the window.
THE ROMANCE OF HIS LIFEMARY CHOLMONDELEY
They were courteous, but painfully self-conscious in his presence,—and Hollister was still acutely sensitive about his face.
THE HIDDEN PLACESBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
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WORDS RELATED TO SELF-CONSCIOUS
- apish
- artificial
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- campy
- chichi
- conceited
- contrived
- counterfeit
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- faked
- false
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- fraudulent
- gone Hollywood
- hammy
- highfalutin
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- la-di-da
- melodramatic
- ostentatious
- overdone
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- phony
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- pompous
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- pretended
- pretentious
- put on
- schmaltzy
- self-conscious
- shallow
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- simulated
- spurious
- stiff
- stilted
- studied
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- abashed
- backward
- blushful
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- chary
- confused
- constrained
- coy
- demure
- diffident
- embarrassed
- humble
- modest
- nervous
- overmodest
- recoiling
- reserved
- reticent
- retiring
- self-conscious
- self-effacing
- shamefaced
- sheepish
- shrinking
- silent
- timid
- timorous
- unassertive
- verecund
- affected
- calculated
- deliberate
- knowing
- mannered
- premeditated
- rational
- reasoning
- reflective
- responsible
- self-conscious
- studied
- willful
- backward
- bashful
- chary
- constrained
- coy
- demure
- distrustful
- doubtful
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- humble
- insecure
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- unassertive
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- content
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- self-conscious
- self-effacing
- servile
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- submissive
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- supplicatory
- tentative
- timid
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- unambitious
- unobtrusive
- unostentatious
- unpretentious
- withdrawn
- apprehensive
- backward
- bashful
- biddable
- blushing
- content
- courteous
- deferential
- demure
- diffident
- docile
- fearful
- gentle
- hesitant
- lowly
- manageable
- mild
- modest
- obliging
- obsequious
- ordinary
- polite
- quiet
- reserved
- respectful
- retiring
- reverential
- sedate
- self-conscious
- self-effacing
- servile
- sheepish
- shy
- simple
- soft-spoken
- standoffish
- submissive
- subservient
- supplicatory
- tentative
- timid
- timorous
- tractable
- unambitious
- unobtrusive
- unostentatious
- unpretentious
- withdrawn
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uncomfortable
embarrassed, uncertain
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shy
modest, uncertain
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awkward
embarrassed, unnatural
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embarrassed
uncertain, ashamed
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bashful
insecure with oneself, embarrassed
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diffident
modest, embarrassed
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uneasy
embarrassed, insecure with oneself
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sheepish
uncertain, insecure with oneself
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nervous
insecure with oneself
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unsure
uncertain, insecure with oneself
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timid
modest
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retiring
modest
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mannered
affected, posed
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ill at ease
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modest
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stiff
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artificial
mannered, posed
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affected
mannered, posed
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abashed
ashamed
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unnatural
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stilted
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timorous
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inhibited
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shamefaced
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shrinking
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humble
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doubtful
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self-aware
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blushing
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self-conscious, self-awareadjective
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
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self-conscious, self-awareAntonyms:
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self-consciousadjective
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»
Synonyms:
self-awareAntonyms:
unconscious, comfortable
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How to use SELF-CONSCIOUS in a sentence?
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Tim McGraw:
Basically, I am an unsure, self-conscious, shy person. That is how I started — even when I was in college —before I would get on stage, I would start drinking. I would start drinking to stop shaking.
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Kanye West:
I was so self-conscious about the nanny and the housekeeper that I didn’t want them to hear me screaming in the living room, i think that that’s such a metaphor of something for the existence of so-called well-off people that they’re not really well-off — they won’t even scream in their own house.
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Katia Bishops:
Subliminal messages delivered by toys, clothes and accessories about gender-appropriate roles and behaviors, proper weight and all matters appearance are internalized, as are the less subtle ones delivered verbally and in writing, when they reach puberty, girls are self-conscious and more prone to self-criticism, so these message seeds finally find a fertile ground to grow in.
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Lindsey Vonn:
I always feel self-conscious, i’m probably the least confident person on the slopes that you’ll find, shockingly enough. I feel like when I get on red carpets and stuff, it’s kind of like I’m playing a role.
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Christy Noel:
Don’t be self-conscious about it. It might take practice to come across as confident.
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[ sˈɛlfkˈɒnʃəs], [ sˈɛlfkˈɒnʃəs], [ s_ˈɛ_l_f_k_ˈɒ_n_ʃ_ə_s]
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adj.
• all (adjective)
- self-conscious.
• bashful (adjective)
- shrinking,
- reticent,
- timid,
- confused,
- reserved,
- coy,
- demure,
- Verecund,
- backward,
- constrained,
- Recoiling,
- blushing,
- silent,
- timorous,
- retiring,
- chary,
- self-effacing.
• conscious (adjective)
- reflective,
- rational,
- willful,
- reasoning,
- premeditated,
- calculated,
- responsible,
- knowing,
- deliberate.
• diffident (adjective)
- doubtful,
- mousy,
- Unpoised,
- insecure,
- distrustful,
- withdrawn,
- Blenching,
- unassuming,
- unobtrusive,
- reluctant,
- suspicious,
- dubious,
- meek,
- Flinching.
• humble (adjective)
- unambitious,
- supplicatory.
• ill (at ease) (adjective)
- ill.
• ill at ease (adjective)
- on tenterhooks,
- on edge,
- out of place,
- restless,
- faltering,
- unsettled,
- disturbed,
- tense,
- disquieted,
- edgy,
- fidgety,
- on pins and needles,
- unrelaxed.
• inhibited (adjective)
- unresponsive,
- bottled up,
- repressed,
- guarded,
- cold,
- hung up,
- passionless,
- subdued,
- frustrated,
- uptight,
- undemonstrative.
• la-di-da (adjective)
- la di da.
• mannered (adjective)
- posed.
• modest (adjective)
- unpresuming,
- unpretending,
- prudent,
- resigned,
- nice,
- withdrawing,
- discreet,
- seemly,
- chaste,
- moderate,
- proper,
- Unboastful,
- temperate.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- uncomfortable,
- hammy,
- overmodest,
- bashful,
- affected,
- stuck up,
- mannered,
- campy,
- la-di-da,
- ill at ease,
- sheepish,
- campiest,
- conscious,
- modest,
- airish,
- inhibited,
- rabbity,
- artsy,
- anguished,
- in pain,
- diffident,
- campier,
- humble,
- unassertive,
- highfaluting,
- over-modest,
- high falutin,
- unassured,
- strained,
- blushful.
• self-conscious (adjective)
- ill-at-ease.
• self-effacing (adjective)
- selfeffacing,
- self effacing.
• sheepish (adjective)
- more mortified,
- more chagrined,
- most mortified,
- most chagrined.
• strained (adjective)
- at end of rope,
- wrecker,
- nervous wreck,
- in a state,
- taut,
- hard put,
- unglued,
- strung out.
• uncomfortable (adjective)
- un-comfortable,
- more discomposed,
- most discomposed,
- more vexed,
- more suffering,
- pained,
- more galled,
- more wracked,
- more chafed,
- most anguished,
- most chafed,
- most suffering,
- dis composed,
- most vexed,
- dis-composed,
- more anguished,
- un comfortable,
- most wracked,
- most galled.
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- repentant,
- foolish,
- feel/look small,
- guilty,
- embarrassed,
- abashed,
- sorry,
- contrite,
- ashamed.
• obvious (noun)
- pronounced,
- clear,
- noticeable,
- observable,
- significant,
- obvious,
- self-evident,
- plain,
- visible,
- blatant.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- self-aware.
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Other synonyms:
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- self-centered.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- artificial,
- ostentatious,
- evasive,
- hesitant,
- fake,
- inarticulate,
- uncertain,
- red-faced,
- discomposed,
- disgraced,
- humiliated,
- unconfident,
- forced,
- flustered,
- in a tizzy,
- apprehensive,
- formal,
- stammering,
- laboured,
- nervous,
- awkward,
- shamefaced,
- studied,
- Discountenanced,
- stilted,
- skittish,
- chagrined,
- introverted,
- discombobulated,
- unnatural,
- stiff,
- restrained,
- discomfited,
- shy,
- simper,
- Shamefast,
- out of countenance,
- disconcerted,
- uneasy,
- anxious,
- exhibitionist,
- false,
- contrived,
- distressed,
- feigned,
- put on,
- humbled,
- insincere,
- recalcitrant,
- unsure,
- mortified,
- shamed,
- difficult,
- prim.
How to use «Self-conscious» in context?
One of the most difficult things people have to deal with is self-consciousness. It can be confusing, time consuming, and a source of great anxiety. But, it’s something we all have to deal with at some point. This article will explore what self-consciousness is, and some of the common sources of self-consciousness. We’ll also explore ways to overcome self-consciousness and live a more confident life.
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