ˌself-ˈconscious BrE AmE adjective
1 . worried and embarrassed about what you look like or what other people think of you
self-conscious about
Jerry’s pretty self-conscious about his weight.
2 . self-conscious art, writing etc shows that the artist etc is paying too much attention to how the public will react to their work
—self-consciously adverb :
The boys posed rather self-consciously for the photo.
—self-consciousness noun [uncountable]