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smug
[ smuhg ]
adjective
smugger, smuggest.
- contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent.
- trim; spruce; smooth; sleek.
smug
/ ʌɡ /
adjective
- excessively self-satisfied or complacent
- archaic.trim or neat
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Derived Forms
- ˈܲԱ, noun
- ˈܲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms
- ܲ· adverb
- ܲ·Ա noun
- ܲ·ܲ adjective
- un·ܲ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of smug1
First recorded in 1545–55; perhaps from Middle Dutch smuc “neat, pretty, nice”
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of smug1
C16: of Germanic origin; compare Low German smuck neat
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Example Sentences
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“Death of a Unicorn” is so certain that its audience will care more about the paltry laughs it can draw out of its Sackler spoofs that the finished film feels altogether smug.
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He was smug in a way that frauds often are, and he was stuck with basically the same roster that sank Ham.
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Some descriptions of the “My Humps” cover from male critics: not funny, smug, witless, self-conscious, pop music cannibalism, dreadful and completely missing the point.
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“The New York Post lady was there just looking so smug,” the lifestyle mogul said in the documentary.
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They see an antihero who’s sticking it to the smug elites.
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