complacent
Use Complacent in a sentence
sənt adjective
1.
pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
2.
pleasant; complaisant.
Origin:
1650–60; < Latin complacent- (stem of complacēns, present participle of complacēre to take the fancy of, please, equivalent to com- com- + placēre to please
1650–60; < Latin complacent- (stem of complacēns, present participle of complacēre to take the fancy of, please, equivalent to com- com- + placēre to please
Related forms
com·pla·cent·ly, adverb
non·com·pla·cent, adjective
non·com·pla·cent·ly, adverb
o·ver·com·pla·cent, adjective
o·ver·com·pla·cent·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. smug, unbothered, untroubled.
1. smug, unbothered, untroubled.
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complacent (kəmˈpleɪsənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | pleased or satisfied, esp extremely self-satisfied |
| 2. | an obsolete word for complaisant |
| [C17: from Latin complacēns very pleasing, from complacēre to be most agreeable to, from com- (intensive) + placēre to please] | |
| com'placently | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
complacent
1650s, from L. complacentem "pleasing," prp. of complacere (see complacence). Related: Complacently (1816).
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Example sentences
Conversely, when diseases are less prominent, people grow complacent.
Most countries have been complacent about guarding information infrastructure.
There is the beloved monarch, magnanimous and complacent.
If so, now is not the time to become complacent with your exercise programs, or stall in starting new ones.
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