smugadjective
uk/smʌɡ/us/smʌɡ/smugger, smuggest disapprovingtoo pleased or satisfied about something you have achieved or something you know:
a smug grin
She deserved her promotion, but I wish she wasn't so smug about it.
There was a hint of smug self-satisfaction in her voice.
He's been unbearably smug since he gave up smoking.
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Satisfied and complacent
- at one with the world idiom
- be on to a good thing idiom
- complacency
- complacent
- content
- life
- nicely
- pride
- rest
- rest on your laurels idiom
- run
- sate
- sated
- satisfied
- self-fulfilment
- self-satisfied
- smugly
- that'll do nicely idiom
- thing
- world
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Showing arrogance and conceit
smugness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈsmʌɡ.nəs/us/ˈsmʌɡ.nəs/