smugness

as inarrogance
as inpride
as inself-satisfaction
as invainglory
as invanity
as incomplacency
as inloftiness
as inlordliness
as inoverbearingness
as inpretentiousness
as inpridefulness
as inproudness
as insuperciliousness
as inconceit

Synonyms for smugness

noun exaggerated self-opinion

Antonyms for smugness

complacency

noun. contentment

Word Origin & History

1550s, "trim, neat, spruce, smart," possibly an alteration of Low German smuk "trim, neat," from Middle Low German smücken "to adorn" (originally "to dress," secondary sense of words meaning "to creep or slip into"), from the same source as smock. The meaning "having a self-satisfied air" is from 1701, an extension of the sense of "smooth, sleek" (1580s), which was commonly used of attractive women and girls. Related: Smugly; smugness.

Example Sentences for smugness

There were both earnestness and tenderness in his tones—the smugness of the physician was gone.

"Our regular price," and you catch a sneer beneath the smugness of the Voice.

Nor did du Fresne's smugness help Lindsay's assurance a bit.

They are inimical to smugness and to complacent satisfaction.

But, is there not just a faint suggestion of smugness in her mien?

It was not a smile of smugness or conceit, but rather of honest satisfaction.

Morris's work made men think, broke down the smugness of precedent, and enabled printing to become an art.

A big sleeping-car autocrat, in the smugness and false security of a fat run, is going to err.

Of the smugness of the kind Mrs. Treharne meant when she employed the word, there was not an atom in Louise's composition.

Smugness was easy in a world without dust or carrion smell or craters that had been factories.

smugness

Synonyms for smugness

Antonyms for smugness

More words related to smugness

arrogance

complacency

conceit

loftiness

lordliness

overbearingness