self-satisfied
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of self-satisfied
First recorded in 1725–35
Example Sentences
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So it’s not, perhaps, the best time for Meta, whose frames have drawn comparisons to Cybertrucks as exemplars of self-satisfied ostentation, to debut Starfire Kylies.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
Mr. Holmes shows how the unstable and morose Tennyson, born in the wild Romantic age of Byron, Coleridge and Shelley, grew into the settled and self-satisfied voice of Victorian England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Several of the figures rest a self-satisfied hand at the apex of their bump.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
Look at that self-satisfied smile on his face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025
I glanced at the man sitting across the carpet from Samir—an elder from the East, with a mustache as thin as a razor and the self-satisfied look of an educated man.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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