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
- 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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