terribly conscious

Frequency: 5.85.4 per million words

To be extremely and often uncomfortably aware of something.

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Examples (10)

  • 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.