smug
[ smuhg ]
/ smʌg /
adjective, smug·ger, smug·gest.
contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent.
trim; spruce; smooth; sleek.
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complacent, egotistical, pompous, self-righteous, self-satisfied, conceited, holier-than-thou, priggish, snobbish, stuck-up, stuffy, superior, vainglorious, egoistic, puffed-up, hotshot
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Origin of smug
1545–55; perhaps < Middle Dutch smuc neat, pretty, nice
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smug
/ (smʌɡ) /
adjective smugger or smuggest
excessively self-satisfied or complacent
archaic trim or neat
Word Origin for smug
C16: of Germanic origin; compare Low German smuck neat
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