self-contentedadj.
/ˌsɛlfkənˈtɛntᵻd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfkənˈtɛn(t)əd/ Content with oneself and one's life; characterized by such contentment; self-satisfied.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > self-satisfaction > [adjective]
smug1551
fat1598
self-contented1631
self-pleased1633
self-satisfied1653
self-contenta1656
self-complacent1736
self-gratulating1755
complacent1767
well1773
self-congratulatory1798
comfortable1856
paddy1865
Podsnappian1866
cosy1927
the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > complacency > [adjective]
fat1598
self-contented1631
self-pleased1633
self-satisfied1653
self-contenta1656
complacing1669
self-complacentiala1711
self-complacinga1711
self-complacent1736
complacent1767
pinguid1768
unctuous1822
paddy1865
1631 G. Downame Covenant of Grace 6 That God, being of infinite Majestie and glory, and enjoying all selfe-contented happines, would give his onely begotten Sonne to die for his enemies.
1764 C. Collignon Enq. into Struct. of Human Body 11 The unthinking, self-contented peasant, feeds on the coarsest fare, braves the unfriendly dews, and dares almost the whole artillery of heaven, perhaps without an ail.
1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 29 Men, women, children, slunk away, Whispering with self-contented pride.
1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 16 One of those self-contented fussy men.
1912 J. H. McCarthy Health unto his Majesty xvii. 179 It was, therefore, in a very self-contented, not to say self-complacent, mood that Colonel Lane trudged briskly along the quays.
1976 Mother Jones June 62/2 He simultaneously admires their success, his ability to sponge off them and their fury that he is such a self-contented wastrel.
2012 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 25 Oct. Their intention isn't to make the audience feel self-contented or comfortable.
Derivatives
self-conˈtentedly adv.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > self-satisfaction > [adverb]
self-complacently1772
complacently1815
self-contentedly1840
self-satisfiedly1842
comfortably1872
smugly1892
the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > complacency > [adverb]
self-complacently1772
complacently1815
self-contentedly1840
1840 E. B. Barrett Lay of Rose in Monthly Chron. July 17 Ye to yourselves suffice, Without its flatteries; Self-contentedly approve you Unto Him who sits above you.
1917 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 336/2 He was dreaming idly, self-contentedly, beyond the reach of subtlety or flatteries.
2017 S. Taberner Transnationalism & German-lang. Lit. iv. 128 The affluent, self-contentedly liberal West.
self-conˈtentedness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > self-satisfaction > [noun]
complacencec1430
self-contentment1592
self-complacence1601
self-content1602
self-satisfaction1605
self-pleasing1610
self-complacency1616
self-contentedness1642
complacency1650
self-complaisance1675
Podsnappery1864
smugness1883
the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > complacency > [noun]
complacencec1430
self-contentment1592
self-complacence1601
self-content1602
self-satisfaction1605
self-pleasing1610
self-complacency1616
self-contentedness1642
complacency1650
self-complaisance1675
plume1910
1642 J. Bewick Antidote against Lay-preaching iv. 17 Christianity as it is a Profession of true Autarchy, or self-contentednesse with ones own station or condition.
1830 London Lit. Gaz. 2 Jan. 3/1 There was something in the air of the whole apartment that was calculated to impress the beholder with an instantaneous conviction of the wealth, the self-contentedness, and the piety of the owner.
1941 Calif. Law Rev. 29 330 Self-contentedness may rest on self-complacency as well as on real goodness.
2004 News Herald (Panama City, Florida) 10 Feb. b2/6 His father possessed a self-contentedness that persisted even after a bad motorcycle accident years ago.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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