self-satisfying

American  

[self-sat-is-fahy-ing, self-] / ˌsɛlfˈsæt ɪsˌfaɪ ɪŋ, ˈsɛlf- /

adjective

1. effecting satisfaction to oneself.

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Etymology

Origin of self-satisfying

First recorded in 1665–75

Example Sentences

A bit more of this compassion, however self-satisfying, might resolve many conflicts, not just his own.

From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2019

Grandmamma, whose most self-satisfying role is to suffer over the imagined cruelty of her children, is furious at this.

From Time Magazine Archive

How self-satisfying to conclude that the U.S. has already done enough to tear down the barriers of segregation.

From Time Magazine Archive

He wondered whether she would answer him, and when he had reached the self-satisfying conviction that she would, he at last wrote a letter, such as any person might write to another.

From Don Orsino by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

With a final, self-satisfying survey at his "lay av things" Slavin stepped well to the side of the incriminating foot-prints.

From The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police by Kendall, Ralph S.