smug
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Synonyms & Antonyms for smug
Synonyms
assured, biggety (or biggity) [Southern & Midland], bigheaded, complacent, conceited, consequential, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), important, overweening, pompous, prideful, proud, self-conceited, self-important, self-opinionated, self-satisfied, stuck-up, swellheaded, vain, vainglorious
Antonyms
egoless, humble, modest, uncomplacent
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The Edgars are thrilled — and a bit smug — about his success. — Nora Mcgreevy, BostonGlobe.com, "More than a matter of black and white," 8 Aug. 2019 To me, the most interesting idea in the book is one Beran only touches on: why some people could pull up from the smug, furious, post-truth hate that consumed 4chan in the last decade, while others could not. — Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, "WIRED Book of the Month: It Came From Something Awful," 31 July 2019 Marcos, who’s studying to be a sports journalist, takes out his ID card with a smug smile. — Sarah Esther Maslin, 1843, "Rio is a riot in the early hours," 4 July 2019 Others snuggle up in their flannels to watch baseball on TV, feeling smug about East Coast players sweating in the heat. — Leah Garchik, SFChronicle.com, "The oddly specific experience that is summer in SF," 2 July 2019 The thing about the smug is that their karma can sometimes be sudden. — latimes.com, "Letters: Women's soccer team is on top of the world, again," 12 July 2019 Remainers are smug, not to mention sniffy about submitting to so much turmoil only to sustain the status quo. — Lionel Shriver, Harper's magazine, "No Exit," 10 Apr. 2019 There is something self-satisfied and smug about self-fulfillment. — WSJ, "Stockard Channing, Mickalene Thomas and More on Fulfillment," 5 Sep. 2018 The clip of Sandemann's smug smirk went viral, where it was met with immediate outrage on Twitter and an avalanche of negative media coverage. — Kate Storey, Town & Country, "Behind the PR Machine That Helped Change the Nick Sandmann Narrative," 25 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'smug.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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