Synonyms for smugness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : smuhg |
| Phonetic Transcription : smÊŒg |
Top 10 synonyms for smugness Other synonyms for the word smugness
- affectation
- airs
- amour-propre
- arrogance
- assumption
- audacity
- big-headedness
- bigheadedness
- bluster
- boastfulness
- braggadocio
- bragging
- brass
- cheek
- cockiness
- complacence
- conceit
- conceitedness
- condescension
- consequence
- contemptuousness
- contumely
- crust
- disdainfulness
- display
- ego trip
- egoism
- gall
- glow
- grandioseness
- grandiosity
- haughtiness
- hauteur
- high-handedness
- huff
- immodesty
- imperiousness
- insolence
- loftiness
- lordliness
- narcissism
- nerve
- ostentation
- outrecuidance
- overbearance
- overbearingness
- overconfidence
- patronage
- peace of mind
- pomposity
- pompousness
- pragmatism
- presumption
- pretentiousness
- pridefulness
- priggishness
- proud flesh
- proudness
- satisfaction
- scornfulness
- self-admiration
- self-approbation
- self-approval
- self-conceit
- self-exaltation
- self-importance
- self-love
- self-pleasure
- self-regard
- self-worship
- sense of security
- show
- showing off
- snobbery
- snottiness
- strutting
- stuffiness
- superbity
- superciliousness
- superiority
- swagger
- swelled head
- vaingloriousness
- vainglory
- vainness
- vanity
Définition of smugness
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.
- As in arrogance : noun exaggerated self-opinion
- As in pride : noun arrogance, self-importance
- As in self-satisfaction : noun pride, contentment
- As in vainglory : noun pride
- As in vanity : noun conceit, egotism
- As in complacency : noun contentment
- As in loftiness : noun arrogance
- As in lordliness : noun arrogance
- As in overbearingness : noun arrogance
- As in pretentiousness : noun self-importance
- As in pridefulness : noun arrogance
- As in proudness : noun arrogance
- As in superciliousness : noun arrogance
- As in conceit : noun egotism
- There were both earnestness and tenderness in his tones—the smugness of the physician was gone.
- Extract from : « The Landloper » by Holman Day
- "Our regular price," and you catch a sneer beneath the smugness of the Voice.
- Extract from : « Roast Beef, Medium » by Edna Ferber
- Nor did du Fresne's smugness help Lindsay's assurance a bit.
- Extract from : « The Ambassador » by Samuel Kimball Merwin
- They are inimical to smugness and to complacent satisfaction.
- Extract from : « The Purple Heights » by Marie Conway Oemler
- But, is there not just a faint suggestion of smugness in her mien?
- Extract from : « Plum Pudding » by Christopher Morley
- It was not a smile of smugness or conceit, but rather of honest satisfaction.
- Extract from : « Treachery in Outer Space » by Carey Rockwell and Louis Glanzman
- Morris's work made men think, broke down the smugness of precedent, and enabled printing to become an art.
- Extract from : « The Art of the Book » by Bernard H. Newdigate
- A big sleeping-car autocrat, in the smugness and false security of a fat run, is going to err.
- Extract from : « How To Write Special Feature Articles » by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer
- Of the smugness of the kind Mrs. Treharne meant when she employed the word, there was not an atom in Louise's composition.
- Extract from : « The Eddy » by Clarence L. Cullen
- Smugness was easy in a world without dust or carrion smell or craters that had been factories.
- Extract from : « Victory » by Lester del Rey
Antonyms for smugness
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