self-satisfied

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

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adjective

feeling or showing satisfaction with oneself.

Origin of self-satisfied

First recorded in 1725–35

Other words for self-satisfied

complacent, smug, vain, puffed-up

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Words Nearby self-satisfied

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How to use self-satisfied in a sentence

Urban economists, particularly those on the self-satisfied coasts, tend to envision utter hopelessness for the region.
The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead | Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Then they stood in front of the chalkboard, smug and self-satisfied.
Iceland Is Beautiful. And Sooo Weird. | Kevin Fallon | April 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Little will actually be solved other than a generation exhaling with self-satisfied relief.
Ebola's Back: What You Need to Know | Kent Sepkowitz | March 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
“I guess I felt it to be stodgy, self-satisfied, maybe a little dull,” he confesses.
The Story of How Two of America’s Greatest Anthems Were Made | Ron Hogan | November 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
So, what are self-satisfied European leaders and the forgiving bond markets overlooking?
Wake Up, Europe! Complacency at Davos | Daniel Gross | January 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

I thought Mr. Wilmot would think great things of it—it was all wrong and self-satisfied.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte Yonge
I think so, at least, by the agitation they are in and by the self-satisfied air with which they applaud their success.
The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre | Jean de La Bruyre
Meanwhile the bear retired to his pedestal and sat down upon it with a graceful and self-satisfied air.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 | Various
There is a serene self-satisfied smirk on the marble face, which looks more like that of a woman than a man.
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. Mitton
The woods closed in on him again, he left the stone-breaker behind, and his face soon assumed its usual self-satisfied expression.
Choice Readings for the Home Circle | Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for self-satisfied

self-satisfied

adjective

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

Derived forms of self-satisfied

self-satisfaction, noun

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