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self-complacent

[ self-kuhm-pley-suhnt, self- ]

adjective

  1. pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.


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Other Words From

  • self-com·placence self-com·placen·cy noun
  • self-com·placent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-complacent1

First recorded in 1755–65
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Example Sentences

When we take all these facts into consideration it certainly is high time that we arouse from our self-complacent attitude and consider the whole question of immigration most earnestly.

And what a lively effigy—short, stout, hardy, and self-complacent, perfectly satisfied, and perhaps even proud, of his profession, and content to be exhibited with all its insignia about him!

Far wiser than their rivals, the French never ruffled the self-complacent dignity of their guests, never insulted their religious notions, nor ridiculed their ancient customs.

All the self-complacent chatter about self-annihilation during the Buddhist upheaval some decades ago has been translated into a veritable annihilation.

"Seems likely to me that they may have gone west,—away out through Sagersgrove and beyond," observed young Mr. Perth, after a minute or two, a self-complacent twinkle in his eye.

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