noun
1. embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑uneasiness, ↑uncomfortableness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑uncomfortable (for: ↑uncomfortableness), ↑uneasy (for: ↑uneasiness), ↑self-conscious
• Hypernyms: ↑embarrassment
2. self-awareness plus the additional realization that others are similarly aware of you
• Ant: ↑unselfconsciousness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑self-conscious
• Hypernyms: ↑self-awareness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.