self-satisfied

[ self-sat-is-fahyd, self- ]

adjective

1. feeling or showing satisfaction with oneself.

   Synonyms: puffed-up, vain, smug, complacent

self-satisfied

adjective

1. having or showing a complacent satisfaction with oneself, one's own actions, behaviour, etc

Derived Forms

• ˌself-ˌsatisˈfaction, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-satisfied¹

First recorded in 1725–35

Example Sentences

Urban economists, particularly those on the self-satisfied coasts, tend to envision utter hopelessness for the region.

From The Daily Beast

Then they stood in front of the chalkboard, smug and self-satisfied.

From The Daily Beast

Little will actually be solved other than a generation exhaling with self-satisfied relief.

From The Daily Beast

“I guess I felt it to be stodgy, self-satisfied, maybe a little dull,” he confesses.

From The Daily Beast

So, what are self-satisfied European leaders and the forgiving bond markets overlooking?

From The Daily Beast

I thought Mr. Wilmot would think great things of it—it was all wrong and self-satisfied.

From Project Gutenberg

I think so, at least, by the agitation they are in and by the self-satisfied air with which they applaud their success.

From Project Gutenberg

Meanwhile the bear retired to his pedestal and sat down upon it with a graceful and self-satisfied air.

From Project Gutenberg

There is a serene self-satisfied smirk on the marble face, which looks more like that of a woman than a man.

From Project Gutenberg

The woods closed in on him again, he left the stone-breaker behind, and his face soon assumed its usual self-satisfied expression.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• arrogant
• smug