self-conscious

Englanti

Adjektiivi

self-conscious (komparatiivi more self-conscious, superlatiivi most self-conscious)

1. vaivaantunut (itsestään, olemuksestaan), (sosiaalisesti) epävarma, kiusaantunut, ujo

   I feel pretty self-conscious driving this scruffy old car.

   I am a pretty shy guy but her presence made me really self-conscious.

   When I was a teen, my acne made me so self-conscious I almost started avoiding other people.

   "Self-Conscious Over You" was a 1979 punk hit by the Outcasts.

2. tietoinen, tarkoituksellinen

   her self-conscious identification with the upper class

3. itsensä tiedostava, tietoinen

   man as a self-conscious moral being

Huomautukset

• vrt. self-confident ja suomen itsetietoinen

Etymologia

yhdyssana sanoista self- ja conscious

Liittyvät sanat

• self-consciousness