Synonyms for self-conscious
self-con·scious

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1. 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

   Synonyms:
   self-aware

   Antonyms:
   unconscious, comfortable

2. 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-aware

   Antonyms:
   unconscious, comfortable

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1. List of paraphrases for "self-conscious":

   shy, uncomfortable, timid

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1. Tim McGraw:

   It was exactly my process, 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.

2. Tami Rowen:

   I have noticed over the past couple years that women are extremely self-conscious about their genitals and apologize for not being groomed, women were far more likely to groom if their partner also groomed and if their partner preferred that they groom.

3. Barbara Bush:

   I may sometimes be a little awkward, but there's nothing self-conscious in my love of country. I am Barbara Bush -- but I hear the quiet people others don't.

4. 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.

5. Henry James:

   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 are in a conspiracy to under-value them.