self-complacent
51complacent — complacently, adv. /keuhm play seuhnt/, adj. 1. pleased, esp. with oneself or one s merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the… …
52complacent — /kəmˈpleɪsənt / (say kuhm playsuhnt) adjective 1. pleased, especially with oneself or one s own merits, advantages, etc.; self satisfied: *Today it has the appearance of a complacent, lazy government which owes its success more to good luck than… …
53complacent — , complaisant The first means self satisfied, contented to the point of smugness. The second means affable and cheerfully obliging. If you are complacent, you are pleased with yourself. If you are complaisant, you wish to please others. Both… …
54complacent, complaisant — The first means self satisfied, contented to the point of smugness. The second means affable and cheerfully obliging. If you are complacent, you are pleased with yourself. If you are complaisant, you wish to please others. Both words come from …
55complacent, complaisant — The first means self satisfied, contented to the point of smugness. The second means affable and cheerfully obliging. If you are complacent, you are pleased with yourself. If you are complaisant, you wish to please others. Both words come from …
56self-righteous — adjective we listened to Mom because she wasn t as self righteous as you Syn: sanctimonious, holier than thou, self satisfied, smug, priggish, complacent, pious, moralizing, preachy, superior, hypocritical; informal goody goody Ant: humble …
57self-satisfied — adjective she s such a self satisfied Miss Perfect Syn: complacent, self congratulatory, smug, superior, puffed up, pleased with oneself; informal goody goody …
58self-righteous — Synonyms and related words: Tartuffian, Tartuffish, affected, canting, complacent, FALSE, goody, goody goody, holier than thou, hypocritical, insincere, mealy mouthed, mealymouthed, pecksniffian, pharisaic, pharisaical, pi, pietistic, pious,… …
59self-righteous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. smug, priggish; supercilious; sacrosanct, sanctimonious; hypocritical, holier than thou. See impiety. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sanctimonious, pious, pietistic, holier than thou*; see egotistic 2 …
60self-satisfied — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. smug, vain, conceited; see egotistic 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. complacent, smug, pleased with oneself, proud, arrogant, *full of oneself, swelled headed, bigheaded, content. ANT.: self effacing, humble,… …
