self-complacent
adjective
disapprovinguk/ˌself.kəmˈpleɪ.sənt/us/ˌself.kəmˈpleɪ.sənt/feelingcalmsatisfactionwithyourownabilitiesorsituation,especiallywhen thispreventsyou fromfeelingsympathyorunderstandingforothers:
Theyutteredself-complacentphrasesabout theimprovementin theconditionof theworkingclass.
Theideathatsuccessspoilspeopleby making themvain,egotistical, and self-complacent ismistaken.
- Heseemsself-complacent when hisideasare notacceptedbyothers,remainingquietlyaloof.
- This self-complacentvoiceof theconservativewhitemalewashopelesslybehind thetimes.
Satisfied and complacent
- at one with the worldidiom
- be on to a good thingidiom
- buoyant
- complacency
- complacent
- complacently
- have a good run foryourmoneyidiom
- job satisfaction
- nicely
- pride
- rest onyourlaurelsidiom
- satisfaction
- satisfied
- self-complacency
- self-fulfilled
- self-fulfilment
- that'll do nicelyidiom
- this is the life!idiom
- triumphalism
- virtuously