Self-conscious

Synonyms for "self-conscious" (47 found)

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Translations

39 translations across 18 languages.

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Bulgarian

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  • самосъзнаващ се adj (aware of oneself as an individual being)

Czech

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  • sociálně nejistý adj (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease)

Dutch

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  • onzeker adj (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease)
  • zelfbewust adj (aware of oneself as an individual being)

Finnish

4 entries
  • estoinen adj (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease)
  • hämillinen adj (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease)
  • itsetietoinen adj (aware of oneself as an individual being)
  • liian itsetietoinen adj (excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour)

French

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  • introspectif adj (aware of oneself as an individual being)

German

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  • befangen adj (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease)
  • gehemmt adj (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease)
  • selbstbewusst adj (aware of oneself as an individual being)
  • unbehaglich adj (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease)

Hebrew

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  • נבוך adj (aware of oneself as an individual being)

Hungarian

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  • félénk adj (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease)
  • gátlásos adj (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease)

Icelandic

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  • sjálf meðvitaður adj (aware of oneself as an individual being)

Irish

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  • féin-chomhfhiosach adj (aware of oneself as an individual being)

Italian

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  • autocosciente adj (aware of oneself as an individual being)

Japanese

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  • 自己意識 adj (aware of oneself as an individual being)
  • 自己意識 adj (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • hemmet adj (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease)
  • selvbevisst adj (aware of oneself as an individual being)
  • selvbevisst adj (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease)

Polish

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  • samoświadomy adj (aware of oneself as an individual being)
  • zakompleksiony adj (excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour)

Portuguese

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  • autoconsciente adj (aware of oneself as an individual being)

Russian

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  • закомплексованный adj (excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour)
  • стеснительный adj (aware of oneself as an individual being)

Spanish

4 entries
  • autoconsciente adj (aware of oneself as an individual being)
  • cohibido adj (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease)
  • inseguro adj (uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease)
  • sentido del ridículo adj (aware of oneself as an individual being)

Swedish

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  • självmedveten adj (aware of oneself as an individual being)

Sample sentences

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It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations of the earth are in a conspiracy to undervalue them.

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Don't be self-conscious when you travel.

Source: tatoeba (410591)

Most men with receding hairlines are very self-conscious of it, but he makes light of his.

Source: tatoeba (2063232)

Tom became self-conscious.

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