self-conscious

Main Entry:
self-conscious [self-kon-shuhs, self-]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: insecure with oneself
Synonyms: affected, anxious, artificial, awkward, bashful, diffident, discomfited, embarrassed, ill-at-ease, mannered, nervous, out of countenance, shamefaced, sheepish, shy, stiff, stilted, uncertain, uncomfortable, uneasy, unsure
Antonyms: assured, secure, sure, unself-conscious
Main Entry: bashful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: shy
Synonyms: abashed, backward, blushful, blushing, 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
Antonyms: confident, unabashed, unshy
Main Entry: conscious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: intentional
Synonyms: affected, calculated, deliberate, knowing, mannered, premeditated, rational, reasoning, reflective, responsible, self-conscious, studied, willful
Notes: conscience is the noun meaning 'a sense of right and wrong' while conscious is the adjective meaning 'aware of something, being awake'
Antonyms: indifferent, not deliberate, unconscious, unfeeling, unintentional, unstudied
Main Entry: diffident
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hesitant; unconfident
Synonyms: backward, bashful, blenching, chary, constrained, coy, demure, distrustful, doubtful, dubious, flinching, humble, insecure, meek, modest, mousy, rabbity, reluctant, reserved, retiring, self-conscious, self-effacing, sheepish, shrinking, shy, suspicious, timid, timorous, unassertive, unassuming, unassured, unobtrusive, unpoised, unsure, withdrawn
Antonyms: bold, confident
Main Entry: humble
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: meek, unassuming
Synonyms: 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supplicatory, tentative, timid, timorous, tractable, unambitious, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpretentious, withdrawn
Antonyms: assertive, boasting, brave, conceited, egotistical, insolent, pretentious, proud, showy
Main Entry: ill at ease
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not feeling at ease
Synonyms: anxious, apprehensive, awkward, discomfited, disquieted, disturbed, doubtful, edgy, faltering, fidgety, hesitant, insecure, nervous, nervous, on edge, on edge, on pins and needles, on pins and needles, on tenterhooks, out of place, restless, self-conscious, shy, suspicious, tense, uncomfortable, uncomfortable, uneasy, unrelaxed, unsettled, unsure
Antonyms: at ease, comfortable, content
Main Entry: inhibited
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: shy
Synonyms: bottled up, cold, constrained, frustrated, guarded, hung up, passionless, repressed, reserved, reticent, self-conscious, subdued, undemonstrative, unresponsive, uptight, withdrawn
Antonyms: aggressive, bold, forward, immodest, self-confident
Main Entry: mannered
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: affected, put-on
Synonyms: airish, apish, artificial, artsy, campy, chichi*, conscious, gone Hollywood, highfaluting, posed, pretentious, self-conscious, stilted, stuck up, unnatural
Antonyms: natural, unpretentious
Main Entry: modest
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: shy
Synonyms: bashful, blushing, chaste, coy, demure, diffident, discreet, humble, lowly, meek, moderate, nice, proper, prudent, quiet, reserved, resigned, reticent, retiring, seemly, self-conscious, self-effacing, sheepish, silent, simple, temperate, timid, unassertive, unassuming, unassured, unboastful, unobtrusive, unpresuming, unpretending, unpretentious, withdrawing
Antonyms: arrogant, assured, bold, brave, conceited, courageous, egotistical, proud, self-confident, unabashed, unashamed
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