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
Without waiting for the end of this self-complacent tirade, Neil went forward.
From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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
“I dare say he did want me,” was Harriet’s self-complacent remark.
From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Lucy Foster Madison
A man who knows that he is humble, and is self-complacent about it, glancing out of the corners of his downcast eyes at any mirror where he can see himself, is not humble at all.
From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Alexander Maclaren
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