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synonyms for smugness
- aloofness
- chutzpah
- disdain
- ego
- egotism
- hubris
- pretension
- pride
- vanity
- airs
- audacity
- bluster
- braggadocio
- brass
- cheek
- conceit
- conceitedness
- contemptuousness
- crust
- disdainfulness
- gall
- haughtiness
- hauteur
- high-handedness
- imperiousness
- insolence
- loftiness
- nerve
- ostentation
- pomposity
- pompousness
- presumption
- pretentiousness
- priggishness
- self-importance
- self-love
- superciliousness
- swagger
- overbearance
- scornfulness
antonyms for smugness
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How to use smugness in a sentence
The Jolie dress is an expression of the joy of family, not the smugness of a couple.
Angelina Jolie's Wedding Dress Was Crazy Brilliant | Tim Teeman | September 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSocial media has kept me abreast of many plot twists and turns as firestorms of outrage and smugness come and go.
The ‘GOT’ Red Viper and Mountain Duel, and a History of Medieval Trial by Combat | Steven Isaac | June 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis headline captured his certainty, if not his smugness: “Of Course the Settlements are Illegal.”
Are Critics Of Israeli Occupation Getting Nervous? | David Suissa | March 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The Iranian negotiating team meeting with its Western counterparts in Kazakhstan this week has earned the right to its smugness.
Paul Theroux on how the whole affair reveals our smugness and hypocrisy.
smugness was easy in a world without dust or carrion smell or craters that had been factories.
Victory | Lester del ReyIn this, as in other things, we have a tendency toward smugness, shortsightedness and egotism.
How to Analyze People on Sight | Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine BenedictBut Marthasa's smugness and arrogance had not deserted him once since the beginning of this leg of the trip.
Cubs of the Wolf | Raymond F. JonesHe had abandoned research in order to make Marjorie rich and to surround her with luxury and smugness.
Personality in Literature | Rolfe Arnold Scott-JamesEvery day of further absence from England, our England, increased that delicious sub-conscious smugness.
In the Mountains | Elizabeth von Arnim
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