smugness
- a word derived from smug.
Example Sentences
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The smugness, arrogance and hubris in this city is so thick you could cut it with a knife.
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
Entertainment Weekly's Maureen Lee Lenker described it as "an exercise in cinematic smugness".
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2024
He championed conquest in the world of retail, irked by industry smugness that dismissed a Seattle-based retailer.
From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2024
To judge by his body of work, he’s not particularly smart, or funny, or insightful; he evinces the milky smugness of the bully’s dumb henchman in some lame 1980s slobs-vs.-snobs comedy.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2023
He could sense her smugness as she slithered back to his desk, and he had to bite down on the corners of his mouth to kill his laughter.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
