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self-satisfied
[ self-sat-is-fahyd, self- ]
adjective
- feeling or showing satisfaction with oneself.
Synonyms: , , ,
self-satisfied
adjective
- having or showing a complacent satisfaction with oneself, one's own actions, behaviour, etc
Derived Forms
- ˌ-ˌپˈڲپDz, noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of self-satisfied1
Example Sentences
My sermon — which I would deliver sloppily in the smoking section at parties, annoyingly self-satisfied and convinced that I had figured it all out — became this: If you’re cool now, you’re cool forever.
His cameos as Blazes Boylan, jitterbugging across the stage with the self-satisfied air of a country rake, were not just enlivening but renewing, capturing the character in a new idiom.
She said its "viscerally, uncomfortably familiar take on entitled masculinity" is "delivered with a self-satisfied smile, as a gossamer cover to the violent rage below".
The Republican Party, therefore, has been very good at winning the argument while the Democrats remain smug and self-satisfied that they have “the facts” on their side.
I see an accomplished power player in midlife at the peak of a highly successful TV writing career, self-satisfied and oozing with agency.
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