Antonyms for complacent

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kuhm-pley-suhnt

Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈpleɪ sənt

Definition of complacent

Origin : 1650s, "pleasing," from Latin complacentem (nominative complacens) "pleasing," present participle of complacere "be very pleasing" (see complacence). Meaning "pleased with oneself" is from 1767. Related: Complacently.

adj contented

Example sentences :

Mrs. Bines, so complacent overnight, was the most disconsolate one of the group.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

I wonder, sometimes, whether I was not too complacent over my proposed duties.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

The complacent sophistries of her girlhood no longer answered for truth.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

If she, Madame Lorilleux, had acted like that, Coupeau wouldn't be so complacent.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Her husband fell into the trap, and smiled with complacent superiority.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

Sukey should not be blamed because of her dimples and her too complacent smiles.
Extract from : « A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties » by Charles Major

We all know the place held in the public esteem by complacent husbands.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

Gilbert, complacent and affable, returned to Washington accompanied by David.
Extract from : « David Dunne » by Belle Kanaris Maniates

The complacent husband, who is no husband at all, doesn't suit her.
Extract from : « Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess » by Henry W. Fischer

He feels a most complacent sense of British responsibility for American progress.
Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee

Synonyms for complacent

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