Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - self-conscious
Связанные словари
Self-conscious
self-conscious
~ adj 1 worried and embarrassed about what you look like or what other people think of you (I hate wearing glasses - they make me feel self-conscious.) + abou (Jerry's pretty self-conscious about his weight.) 2 self-conscious art, writing etc shows that the artist etc is too aware of how the public will react to them (self-conscious art-house movies) - self-consciously adv - self-consciousness n
Рейтинг статьи:
См. в других словарях
1.
1. Someone who is self-conscious is easily embarrassed and nervous because they feel that everyone is looking at them and judging them. I felt a bit self-conscious in my swimming costume... Bess was self-conscious about being shorter than her two friends. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about n • self-consciously She was fiddling self-consciously with her wedding ring. ADV: ADV with v • self-consciousness ...her painful self-consciousness. N-UNCOUNT 2. If you describe someone or something as self-conscious, you mean that they are strongly aware of who or what they are. (FORMAL) Putting the work together is a very self-conscious process. ADJ • self-consciously The world which the book inhabits seems too self-consciously literary, too introverted... ADV: ADV adj ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
adjective Date: circa 1680 1. a. conscious of one's own acts or states as belonging to or originating in oneself ; aware of oneself as an individual b. intensely aware of oneself ; conscious a rising and ~ social class; also produced or done with such awareness ~ art 2. uncomfortably conscious of oneself as an object of the observation of others ; ill at ease • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
adj. 1 socially inept through embarrassment or shyness. 2 Philos. having knowledge of one's own existence; self-contemplating. Derivatives self-consciously adv. self-consciousness n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. застенчивый; легко смущающийся to make smb. self-conscious —- смущать кого-л. 2. книж. обладающий самосознанием; самосознающий a rising and self-conscious social class —- растущий и сознательный общественный класс ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
Англо-русский словарь
6.
{adj.} Embarrassed; shy. * /Edith has a freckled face and sometimes she is very self-conscious about it./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
Вопрос-ответ:
Похожие слова
Ссылка для сайта или блога:
Ссылка для форума (bb-код):
Самые популярные термины
1 | 12719 | |
2 | 2608 | |
3 | 2445 | |
4 | 1708 | |
5 | 1675 | |
6 | 988 | |
7 | 978 | |
8 | 862 | |
9 | 782 | |
10 | 780 | |
11 | 745 | |
12 | 738 | |
13 | 690 | |
14 | 679 | |
15 | 643 | |
16 | 640 | |
17 | 638 | |
18 | 630 | |
19 | 614 | |
20 | 610 |