smug
Irritatingly pleased with oneselfIrritatingly pleased with oneself; offensively self-complacent, self-satisfied.
» Tom had a smug look on his face.
Том мав самовдовлений погляд.
Meaning
3 sensesIrritatingly pleased with oneself; offensively self-complacent, self-satisfied.
Kate looked extremely smug this morning.
blasiert, eingebildet, selbstgefällig
самодово́льныйsamodovólʹnyj
самовдово́ленийsamovdovólenyj
Showing smugness; showing self-complacency, self-satisfaction.
a smug look on her face
marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction
(obsolete)Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
Examples
26 sentencesTom had a smug look on his face.
Том мав самовдовлений погляд. — deniko
Wipe that smug look off your face.
deHör auf, so süffisant dreinzublicken! — Yorwba
Tom had a smug smile on his face.
If you weren't so smug, you might have more friends.
Tom was very smug.
Translations
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Origin
Originally "spruce, neat," from Low German smuk (“pretty”), from Middle Low German smuk (“Originally "spruce, neat," from Low German smuk (“pretty”), from Middle Low German smuk (“lithe, delicate, neat, trim”), although the g of the English word is not easily explained. The ultimate source should be Proto-West Germanic *smeugan (“to crawl, creep”).
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Forms
smugger, smuggestSynonyms
82 synonyms- marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction:self-satisfied
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form