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Definition of 'smug'English
Adjective
( smugger)
Irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied.
- Kate looked extremely smug this morning.
(obsolete) Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
* Robynson (More's Utopia)
- They be so smug and smooth.
* De Quincey
- the smug and scanty draperies of his style
* Beaumont and Fletcher
- A young, smug , handsome holiness has no fellow.
Synonyms
* self-satisfied
* complacent
Derived terms
* smugly
* smugness
Verb
( smugg)
(obsolete) To make smug, or spruce.
* Dryton
- Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair.
( Webster 1913)
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