smug

[smug]

A smug person is self satisfied. You can usually recognize someone who is pleased with himself by his smug little smile and self righteous remarks.

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Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.

Adjective S.
marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction; "a smug glow of self-congratulation"


a.
Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.

v. t.
To make smug, or spruce.


Smug

Smug , a. [Of. Scand. or Low German origin; cf. LG. smuck, G. schmuck, Dan. smuk, OSw. smuck, sm'94ck, and E. smock, smuggle; cf. G. schmuck ornament. See Smock.] Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
They be so smug and smooth.
The smug and scanty draperies of his style.
A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow.

Smug

Smug, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smugged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smugging.] To make smug, or spruce. [Obs.]
Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair.

Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.

To make smug, or spruce.

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Usage Examples

Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.

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