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smug

[smuhg]

adjective

smugger, smuggest 
  1. contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent.

  2. trim; spruce; smooth; sleek.



smug

/ ʌɡ /

adjective

  1. excessively self-satisfied or complacent

  2. archaictrim or neat

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Other Word Forms

  • smugly adverb
  • smugness noun
  • unsmug adjective
  • unsmugness noun
  • ˈܲԱ noun
  • ˈܲ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of smug1

First recorded in 1545–55; perhaps from Middle Dutch smuc “neat, pretty, nice”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of smug1

C16: of Germanic origin; compare Low German smuck neat
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But then it’s funny that he’s so good at playing this like really smug jerk of a crooked sheriff.

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Twenty-three years of a smug, smarmy host, and a bunch of sportswriters desperate for sound bites and attention.

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So I hope it doesn't come across as smug to say that's kind of the point.

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“Death of a Unicorn” is so certain that its audience will care more about the paltry laughs it can draw out of its Sackler spoofs that the finished film feels altogether smug.

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He was smug in a way that frauds often are, and he was stuck with basically the same roster that sank Ham.

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