self-satisfied
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ɪsˌfaɪd, ˌsɛlf- adjective
feeling or showing satisfaction with oneself.
Origin:
1725–35
1725–35
Synonyms
complacent, smug, vain, puffed-up.
complacent, smug, vain, puffed-up.
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| self-satisfied | |
| —adj | |
| having or showing a complacent satisfaction with oneself, one's own actions, behaviour, etc | |
| self-satis'faction | |
| —n | |
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Self-satisfied
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Example sentences
She takes the stage with a smug, self-satisfied expression.
There was not a touch of simpering, self-satisfied conventionality anywhere in the exhibition.
Californians are not usually depicted as secure and self-satisfied.
Fish has been cast by the news media as a self-satisfied showman, but not a speck of pretense crops up during our conversation.
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