smug

smug
Synonyms and related words:
Quakerish, Victorian, bland, bovine, braw, buttery, censorious, chic, classy, clothes-conscious, complacent, conceited, consequential, cosmopolitan, dapper, dashing, deck out, demure, disarming, doll up, dress up, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, elegant, exquisite, fair-spoken, fine-spoken, fulsome, genteel, glib, gussy up, hidebound, holier-than-thou, honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, ingratiating, jaunty, mid-Victorian, narcissan, narcissine, narcissistic, narcistic, narrow, natty, neat, nifty, nobby, oily, oily-tongued, old-maidish, overconfident, overmodest, overproud, overweening, posh, priggish, prim, primp, prudish, puritanical, recherche, ritzy, sanctimonious, self-admiring, self-approving, self-assuming, self-complacent, self-congratulating, self-congratulatory, self-content, self-contented, self-delighting, self-endeared, self-esteeming, self-gratulating, self-gratulatory, self-important, self-loving, self-respecting, self-satisfied, self-sufficient, sharp, sleek, slick, smart, smarten up, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, snazzy, soapy, soft-spoken, soigne, soignee, sophisticated, spiffy, spruce, spruce up, stiff-necked, straitlaced, stuffy, style-conscious, suave, suave-spoken, swank, swanky, swell, tricksy, trig, trim, unctuous, vain, vainglorious, well-dressed, well-groomed

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • smug — smug·gle; smug·gle·able; smug·gler; smug·ly; smug·ness; smug; …   English syllables

  • smug´ly — smug «smuhg», adjective, smug|ger, smug|gest. 1. too pleased with one s own goodness, cleverness, respectability, or accomplishments; self satisfied; complacent: »Nothing disturbs the smug beliefs of some prim, narrow minded people …   Useful english dictionary

  • Smug — Smug, a. [Of. Scand. or Low German origin; cf. LG. smuck, G. schmuck, Dan. smuk, OSw. smuck, sm[ o]ck, and E. smock, smuggle; cf. G. schmuck ornament. See {Smock}.] Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • smug — [smʌg] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from Low German smuck pretty ] showing too much satisfaction with your own cleverness or success used to show disapproval smug about ▪ What are you looking so smug about? smug… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • smug — [ smʌg ] adjective too satisfied with your abilities or achievements. This word shows that you dislike people like this: a smug expression/face/smile ╾ smug|ly adverb ╾ smug|ness noun uncount …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Smug — Smug, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smugging}.] To make smug, or spruce. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair. Dryton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • smug — smug: i smug (i det skjulte) …   Dansk ordbog

  • smug — [smug] adj. smugger, smuggest [prob. < LowG smuk, trim, neat, akin to Ger schmuck, neat: for IE base see SMOCK] 1. Archaic neat, spruce, trim, etc. 2. narrowly contented with one s own accomplishments, beliefs, morality, etc.; self satisfied… …   English World dictionary

  • smug — index complacent, pretentious (pompous) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • smug — (adj.) 1550s, trim, neat, spruce, smart, possibly an alteration of Low Ger. smuk trim, neat, from M.L.G. smücken to adorn, and smiegen to press close (see SMOCK (Cf. smock)). The meaning having a self satisfied air is from 1701, an extension of… …   Etymology dictionary

  • smug — self complacent, self satisfied, priggish, *complacent Analogous words: self respecting, self esteeming, self admiring (see base words under REGARD n): Pharisaical, sanctimonious, hypocritical (see under HYPOCRISY) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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