smug
adjective/smʌɡ/
/smʌɡ/
(disapproving)- looking or feeling too pleased about something you have done or achieved synonym complacent
- a smug expression/smile/face, etc.
- What are you looking so smug about?
Extra ExamplesTopics Successc2, Personal qualitiesc2- Now don't get smug just because you've won a couple of games.
- He gave a smug little smile.
- She was feeling smug after her win.
- There was an air of smug satisfaction in Luke's voice.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally in the sense ‘neat, spruce’): from Low German smuk ‘pretty’.
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