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smug
adjective as in pleased with oneself
Example Sentences
I chose the sun-loving couple for the image, not because they look smug but because they look happy.
Broad knew he was going to cop it, not least when the Brisbane Courier Mail refused to print his name and ran a headline calling him a 'smug Pommie cheat'.
“The Front Runner” depicts Prefontaine as smug but sensitive, and it keeps a narrow focus on his immediate sports circle.
Partridge is as likely, according to Coogan, "to mock the xenophobic little England mentality of the Daily Mail" as he is "the smug, self-righteousness of the Guardian, at its worst."
Less smug but still rather inscrutable, he sips on tea and evades answering Arisu’s question directly, instead turning the tables.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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