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Antonyms for smug

Grammar : Adj
Spell : smuhg
Phonetic Transcription : smʌg


Definition of smug

Origin :
  • 1550s, "trim, neat, spruce, smart," possibly an alteration of Low German smuk "trim, neat," from Middle Low German smücken "to adorn" (originally "to dress," secondary sense of words meaning "to creep or slip into"), from the same source as smock. The meaning "having a self-satisfied air" is from 1701, an extension of the sense of "smooth, sleek" (1580s), which was commonly used of attractive women and girls. Related: Smugly; smugness.
  • adj pleased with oneself
Example sentences :
  • "Well, that's just what I thought," he said, with smug content.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Fraser leaned forward, that smug, vain smile curling his lips.
  • Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby
  • Have you grown sleek and fat and smug in my service that you should requite me thus?
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
  • I looked into his smug face, and I was within an ace of striking him.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Bobby smiled up at him in smug satisfaction over his own wiliness.
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • The Camps, Smug, the gentlemanly agent, all had disappeared from off Midway.
  • Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch
  • I recognised the description as that of Smug, and determined to hear more.
  • Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch
  • Delbras she had ever feared and hated, and Smug she despised as the coward decoy of the gang.
  • Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch
  • Murphy we had left with Smug, and in charge of the party without.
  • Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch
  • He used to say that the bourgeoisie, the smug, overfed lot, had killed them.
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad

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