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selfconscious
adjective as in inhibited
adjective as in mannered
adjective as in modest
adjective as in self-conscious
adjective as in sheepish
adjective as in bashful
adjective as in strained
adjective as in uncomfortable
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adjective as in ill at ease
adjective as in la-di-da
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- apish
- artificial
- assumed
- awkward
- campy
- chichi
- conceited
- contrived
- counterfeit
- counterfeited
- faked
- false
- feigned
- fraud
- gone Hollywood
- ham
- hammy
- highfalutin
- hollow
- imitated
- insincere
- mannered
- melodramatic
- ostentatious
- overdone
- pedantic
- phony
- playacting
- pompous
- precious
- pretended
- pretentious
- put on
- schmaltzy
- self-conscious
- shallow
- sham
- simulated
- spurious
- stiff
- stilted
- studied
- superficial
- theatrical
- unnatural
adjective as in self-effacing
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adjective as in conscious
adjective as in diffident
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adjective as in humble
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Example Sentences
It was the face of one habituated to platforms and assemblies, full of a certain selfconscious authority.
The lad's single-mindedness, his un-selfconscious matter-of-factness had attracted Charles at sight.
Andrews could hear the selfconscious breathing of the men about him, and the rustling of the snow against the tin roof.
She was so bright and vivacious, and so wholly un-selfconscious that, for a moment, I was drawn out of my dreamy loneliness.
They were selfconscious, and felt that they were in a silly situation.
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On this page you'll find 564 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to selfconscious, such as: constrained, frustrated, guarded, repressed, reserved, and subdued.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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