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smug

[ smuhg ]

adjective

smugger, smuggest.
  1. contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent.
  2. trim; spruce; smooth; sleek.


smug

/ ʌɡ /

adjective

  1. excessively self-satisfied or complacent
  2. archaic.
    trim or neat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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