smugness

smug  (smg)

adj. smug·ger, smug·gest

Exhibiting or feeling great or offensive satisfaction with oneself or with one's situation; self-righteously complacent: "the smug look of a toad breakfasting on fat marsh flies" (William Pearson).

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[Perhaps akin to Low German smuck, neat, from Middle Low German, from smucken, to adorn.]

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smugly adv.

smugness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

smugness - an excessive feeling of self-satisfaction complacence, complacency, self-complacency, self-satisfaction - the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself; "his complacency was absolutely disgusting"

Translations

smugness [ˈsmʌgnɪs] N → engreimiento m, suficiencia f

smugness [ˈsmʌgnɪs] n → suffisance f

smugness

n → Selbstgefälligkeit f

smugness [ˈsmʌgnɪs] n (of person, expression) → aria compiaciuta, aria di sufficienza

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smugness [ˈsmʌgnɪs] n (of person, expression) → aria compiaciuta, aria di sufficienza