About The Word Complacent
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Complacent
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What's The Definition Of Complacent?
[adj] contented to a fault; "he had become complacent after years of success"; "his self-satisfied dignity"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Complacent: content(p) | contented | self-satisfied Related Terms | Find terms related to Complacent: bovine | consequential | narcissan | narcissine | narcissistic | narcistic | overproud | overweening | self-admiring | self-approving | self-assuming | self-complacent | self-congratulating | self-congratulatory | self-content | self-contented | self-delighting | self-endeared | self-esteeming | self-gratulating | self-gratulatory | self-important | self-loving | self-respecting | self-satisfied | self-sufficient | smug | vain | vainglorious See Also | Complacent In Webster's Dictionary \Com*pla"cent\, a. [L. complacens very pleasing, p.
pr. of complacere; com- + placere to please: cf. F.
complaisant. See {Please} and cf. {Complaisant}.]
Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a
complacent smile.
They look up with a sort of complacent awe . . . to
kings. --Burke.
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