self-complacent
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of self-complacent
First recorded in 1755–65
Example Sentences
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I never heard a more self-complacent speech in my life.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is true, and these virtues are becoming artificial, and so false, as soon as they grow self-complacent.
From The Gospel According to St. Mark by G. A. Chadwick
But that is too long a time in the future, the average self-complacent American says, to be of any immediate interest.
From Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace by George Hebard Maxwell
These remarks, accompanied by a very self-complacent grin, proceeded from a young gentleman whose half-recumbent position in the tonneau was possibly more comfortable than dignified.
From The Auto Boys' Quest by James A. (James Andrew) Braden
It were easier to change the burglar of the slums, the brigand of the hills, than to change this self-complacent and pachydermatous householder who represents nine-tenths of the ruling classes.
From Critical Studies by Ouida
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