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Meanings of complacent in English

Contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions.

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Eager to please.

Synonyms
Examples for "smug"
Examples for "smug"
1
If Stockholm's residents seem particularly smug these days, it's for good reason.
The Irish Times
2
The smug animal is falling in love with her in his way.
Emily Fox-Seton / Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The M...
3
Their best hope was to keep the ancient enemy smug and complacent.
Phantoms
4
And if you're from anywhere else in Europe, don't be too smug.
BBC
5
There were no words to express his disgust at her smug superiority.
Battlestar Galactica
1
He left to catch the train to Carpledon in a self-satisfied mind.
The Cathedral: A Novel
2
He arrived at Maisons in the most cheerful, self-satisfied frame of mind.
Samuel Brohl and Company
3
Solonet remained therefore in a self-satisfied condition of hope and becoming respect.
The Marriage Contract
4
And he smiled in a sly self-satisfied way at his pious pun.
Pieces of Eight / Being the Authentic Narrative of a Treasure Di...
5
Sacha Baron Cohen's latest send-up is funny if a bit too self-satisfied.
The Irish Times
1
In practice doubtless I should be as self-complacent as any other man.
The Great God Success: A Novel
2
His self-complacent reflections were cut short by the entrance of his daughter.
Scottish sketches
3
It was self-complacent, yet there was small apparent ground for such complacence.
The Woodlanders
4
The effect of this was to make me anything but self-complacent.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
5
I recognised him at once by his corpulency and self-complacent air.
Peter Schlemihl
Usage of complacent in English
1
The market in short is complacent, with a good bit of cynicism.
Reuters
2
That's a good sign but we're certainly not going to be complacent.
Radio NZ
3
The government is worried New Zealanders are becoming complacent about the virus.
Radio NZ
4
Police Assistant Commissioner Richard Chambers says it's important people don't get complacent.
Radio NZ
5
Unfortunately, it is easy to become complacent by measuring the wrong things.
Forbes
6
We don't have time to be complacent, Madonna said in a statement.
Reuters
7
Their best hope was to keep the ancient enemy smug and complacent.
Phantoms
8
We were initially complacent but soon realised the scale of the challenge.
The Guardian
9
He shocked the family to its odiously complacent core by growing Tranquillity.
The Reality Dysfunction
10
Many politicians tend to become complacent in their seats over the years.
Jamaica Observer
11
We also got complacent with how static the whole situation had become.
The Neutronium Alchemist
12
Kathleen Beck would be no help: her daughters were willowy, complacent things.
Stiltsville: a novel
13
She urged people who had not yet voted not to be complacent.
News.com.au
14
As well ask a tiger why he was complacent about his prey.
Crown of Slaves
15
Despite the polls, Mr Obama yesterday again warned supporters against becoming complacent.
The Irish Times
16
Once you get respected the danger is you're going to become complacent.
The Guardian
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