smug

(smŭg)
adj., smug·ger, smug·gest.
Exhibiting or feeling great or offensive satisfaction with oneself or with one's situation; self-righteously complacent: "the smug look of a toad breakfasting on fat marsh flies" (William Pearson).

[Perhaps akin to Low German smuck, neat, from Middle Low German, from smucken, to adorn.]

smugly smug'ly adv.
smugness smug'ness n.

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adj

Definition: pleased with oneself
Antonyms: modest, unhappy, unself-confident, unsure

For a list of words related to smug, see:

• Dominant, Stubborn, Proud, or Confident
• Proper, Courteous, Refined, or Puritanical

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - selvtilfreds, selvbehagelig, selvglad

Nederlands (Dutch)
zelfgenoegzaam

Français (French)
adj. - suffisant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - selbstgefällig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αυτάρεσκος, (απαρχ.) κομψός

Italiano (Italian)
compiaciuto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - asseado (m), presumido (m), elegante, vistoso (m)

Русский (Russian)
самодовольный, самоуверенный, чопорный, щеголеватый, чистоплотный, зубрила, украшать, бесцеремонно хватать чужое, украсть, замалчивать (что-л.)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - pagado de sí mismo, engreído

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - självbelåten, trångsynt, inskränkt, städad, prudentlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
自以为是的, 俏皮的, 满漂亮的, 整洁的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 自以為是的, 俏皮的, 滿漂亮的, 整潔的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 독선적인, 자만의, 말쑥한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ひとりよがりの, 気取った

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) معتد بنفسه, انيق أو نظيف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שבע-רצון מעצמו, מדושן-עונג‬

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