self-satisfying

[ self-sat-is-fahy-ing, self- ]

adjective

1. effecting satisfaction to oneself.

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-satisfying¹

First recorded in 1665–75

Example Sentences

A reward, my dear, and a rich one too, for the self-satisfying part I have acted.

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The days of Doa Angela's stay had brought her face to face with many self-satisfying little scenes of that sort.

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Quivers of self-satisfying joy ran up my spine and relieved the frosty mental bleach of the long-delayed Polar anticipation.

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There is nothing so self-satisfying as to watch trouble from a safe distance.

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