adjective, smug·ger, smug·gest.
1.
contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent.
2.
trim; spruce; smooth; sleek.
Origin:
1545–55; perhaps < Middle Dutch smuc neat, pretty, nice
1545–55; perhaps < Middle Dutch smuc neat, pretty, nice
Related forms
smug·ly, adverb
smug·ness, noun
un·smug, adjective
un·smug·ly, adverb
un·smug·ness, noun
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| —adj , smugger, smuggest | |
| 1. | excessively self-satisfied or complacent |
| 2. | archaic trim or neat |
| [C16: of Germanic origin; compare Low German smuck neat] | |
| 'smugly | |
| —adv | |
| 'smugness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
smug
1551, "trim, neat, spruce, smart," possibly an alteration of Low Ger. smuk "trim, neat," from M.L.G. smücken "to adorn," and smiegen "to press close" (see smock). The meaning "having a self-satisfied air" is from 1701, an extension of the sense of "smooth, sleek" (1582),
which was commonly used of attractive women and girls.
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Example sentences
There is something wry about that little smile in the mountains, something smug and self-congratulatory.
Maybe you won your league anyway, you smug little.
And you happy couples out there who somehow escaped relationships that ended badly, don't get smug.
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