painfully conscious
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Acutely or intensely conscious, often of an unpleasant truth or fact.
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- She became painfully conscious of her mistakes after the presentation.
- He was painfully conscious of the awkward silence that filled the room.
- Despite his efforts, he remained painfully conscious of his limitations.
- The harsh criticism made her painfully conscious of her lack of experience.
- Walking into the formal event, I felt painfully conscious of my casual attire.
- The unexpected revelation left him painfully conscious of his past deception.
- She grew painfully conscious of the stares from the other passengers.
- They were painfully conscious that their resources were rapidly dwindling.
- The writer was painfully conscious of every typo in her published work.
- He had become painfully conscious of the passage of time and his aging.