smug

English - Turkish

Definition of smug in English Turkish dictionary

{s} kendini beğenmiş

Onun kendini beğenmiş tavırları kırıcı. - His smug behavior is offensive.

Çok fazla kendini beğenmiş insan var. - There are so many smug people.

benci

özünü beğenmiş

(İç anadolu ağzı) Gubuz

Has she always had that smug look on her face?.

{s} şık

{s} temiz giyimli

{s} kendisiyle gurur duyan

şık görünmeye çalışan

kendinden memnun

Related Terms

smugly

kendini beğenmişçe

smugly

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kendini beğenmiş şekilde

smugness

(isim) kendini beğenmişlik

English - English

Definition of smug in English English dictionary

Irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied

Kate looked extremely smug this morning.

{a} nice, spruce, neat, clean, tricked up

disapproval If you say that someone is smug, you are criticizing the fact they seem very pleased with how good, clever, or lucky they are. Thomas and his wife looked at each other in smug satisfaction. showing too much satisfaction with your own cleverness or success - used to show disapproval smug about (Probably from smuck )

To make smug, or spruce

{s} self-satisfied, complacent, pleased with oneself, self-righteous

marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction; "a smug glow of self-congratulation

marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction; "a smug glow of self-congratulation"

Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim

Related Terms

smugness

The result or product of being smug

smugness

The state or quality of being smug

smugly

{a} nicely, sprucely, neatly, cleanly

smugness

{n} spruceness, neatness, cleanness

smugly

in a smug manner; "the bureaucrats explained smugly that the facts provided by their own experts show no cause for concern

smugly

in a smug manner; "the bureaucrats explained smugly that the facts provided by their own experts show no cause for concern"

smugly

In a smug manner

smugly

in a smug manner, complacently, in a self-satisfied manner

smugness

{i} quality of being smug, quality of being self-satisfied, complacency

smugness

The quality or state of being smug

smugness

The property of being smug

smugness

an excessive feeling of self-satisfaction

Turkish pronunciation

smʌg

Synonyms

self-satisfied, complacent, conceited, egoistic, egotistical, holier-than-thou, hotshot, pompous, priggish, puffed-up, self-contented, self-righteous, snobbish, stuck on oneself, stuck-up

Antonyms

modest, unhappy, unself-confident, unsure

Pronunciation

/ˈsməg/ /ˈsmʌɡ/

Etymology

[ 'sm&g ] (adjective.) 1551. From Middle Low German smuk (“neat, trim, spruce, elegant, fair”) Middle High German gesmuc (“ornament”) smücken (“to ornament, adorn, originally to dress”), a secondary form of Middle High German smiegen (“to creep into, hence to put on (a garment)”); see smock.