smug

adjective
🔊/smʌɡ/
🔊/smʌɡ/
(disapproving)
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  1. looking or feeling too pleased about something you have done or achieved沾沾自喜的;自鸣得意的 synonym complacent
    • a smug expression/smile/face, etc.沾沾自喜的表情、笑容、面容等
    • What are you looking so smug about?你怎么这样一副神气活现的样子?🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • Now don't get smug just because you've won a couple of games.不要赢了几场比赛就沾沾自喜。
    • He gave a smug little smile.他给了一个自鸣得意的微笑。
    • She was feeling smug after her win.她获胜后感到自鸣得意。
    • There was an air of smug satisfaction in Luke's voice.卢克的声音里流露出了一种沾沾自喜的满足感。
    Topics Successc2, Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • feel
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • about
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    Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally in the sense ‘neat, spruce’): from Low German smuk ‘pretty’.