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[ adjective ] marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction

Synonyms

self-satisfied

Examples

"a smug glow of self-congratulation"

Used in print

(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)

But can we any longer afford the luxury of such smug indignation ?

(Leon Uris, Mila 8....)

He saw the smug eyes of the Home_Army chief , Roman , and all the Romans and the faces of the peasants who held only hatred for him .

Related terms

contented

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