Self-satisfied
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Self-satisfied is an adjective meaning Satisfied with oneself, especially over-satisfied; smug; slightly arrogant.
Meaning
Satisfied with oneself, especially over-satisfied; smug; slightly arrogant.
Example Sentences
He stood back and looked at his project with a self-satisfied expression.
And there he stood, as uncouth as ever, naked as the day he was born, but fatter and chinnier and even more self-satisfied […]
From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.
Synonyms for self-satisfied
Depending on context, synonyms include smug, complacent, contented.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include smug, complacent, content, contented, self-reliant, self-supporting.
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