self-conscious
adjective
[ ˌsɛlfˈkɒnʃəs ]
• feeling undue awareness of oneself, one's appearance, or one's actions.
• "I feel a bit self-conscious parking my scruffy old car"
Similar:
embarrassed,
uncomfortable,
ill at ease,
uneasy,
nervous,
tense,
edgy,
unnatural,
inhibited,
gauche,
awkward,
strained,
modest,
shy,
diffident,
bashful,
blushing,
timorous,
timid,
retiring,
shrinking,
• (especially of an action or intention) deliberate and with full awareness, especially affectedly so.
• "her self-conscious identification with the upper classes"
