self-conscious

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   excessively and uncomfortably conscious of your appearance or behavior

   I was particularly self-conscious as a teenager.

2. 2
   adj

   aware of yourself as an individual or of your own being and actions and thoughts

   Babies don't have self-conscious awareness.

3. 3
   adj

   Excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour.

   “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. 4
   adj

   Aware of oneself as an individual being.

5. 5
   adj

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

Etymology

From self- + conscious.