self-complacent
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of self-complacent
First recorded in 1755–65
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
I never heard a more self-complacent speech in my life.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the book there are several persons: the disgraced student Yourii, who is self-complacent to the point of morbidity; his lovely sister, and her betrothed.
From Unicorns by James Huneker
When we take all these facts into consideration it certainly is high time that we arouse from our self-complacent attitude and consider the whole question of immigration most earnestly.
From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Michael F. Guyer
Alas for the self-complacent ignorance of irresponsible rulers, be they monarchs, classes, or nations!
From The New Irish Constitution by J. H. Morgan
Call me a renegade from your self-complacent culture.
From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
