terribly conscious
Frequency: 5.85.4 per million words
To be extremely and often uncomfortably aware of something.
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- He was terribly conscious of his foreign accent when speaking.
- After spilling coffee on her blouse, she became terribly conscious of the stain.
- Walking onto the stage, the young actor was terribly conscious of all the eyes on him.
- As a teenager, I was terribly conscious of my acne.
- She felt terribly conscious of her shabby clothes at the fancy gala.
- In the silent library, he became terribly conscious of his own loud breathing.
- The speaker was terribly conscious that he had mispronounced the chairman's name.
- I've always been terribly conscious of my height, especially in group photos.
- After the argument, they were terribly conscious of the awkward silence between them.
- He's terribly conscious of his lack of formal education.