smug

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German (deprecated template usage) smuk, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German (deprecated template usage) gesmuc, from (deprecated template usage) smücken, a secondary form of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German (deprecated template usage) smiegen; see (deprecated template usage) smock.

Pronunciation

• enPR: smŭg, , Template:X-SAMPA

Adjective

1. Irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied.

   Kate looked extremely smug this morning.

Synonyms

• self-satisfied
• complacent

Derived terms

• smugly
• smugness

Translations

Irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied

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• Catalan: ufà, petulant
• Czech: nafoukaný
• Dutch: zelfingenomen
• Finnish: omahyväinen, itseriittoinen, itsetyytyväinen
• French: suffisant (fr)
• German: blasiert (de), eingebildet (de), selbstgefällig, blasiert (de), süffisant (de)
• Greek: αυτάρεσκος (el) (aftáreskos)
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• Hungarian: önelégült
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• Italian: compiaciuto m, autocompiaciuto m
• Japanese: Japanese: 独り善がり (ひとりよがり, hitoriyogari)
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• Norwegian: selvgod
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• Punjabi: ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਸਤ, ਮਨਮੌਜੀ
• Russian: самодовольный (ru) (samodovolʹnyj)
• Slovak: nafúkaný
• Spanish: ufano (es), engreído (es), petulante (es)
• Swedish: självgod, självbelåten

External links

• “smug”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “smug”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• gums
• mugs