smugness
noun[U]
disapprovinguk/ˈsmʌɡ.nəs/us/ˈsmʌɡ.nəs/thequalityof beingsmug(= toopleasedorsatisfiedabout something):
沾沾自喜，自鸣得意It is apitythat theylookback at thoseyearswith suchinsufferablesmugness.可惜的是，他们在回顾那些年的时候，如此得意洋洋，令人难以忍受。
Hisexpressionalteredcompletelyfromself-satisfiedsmugness toshock.他的表情完全从得意洋洋变成了震惊。
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- He was good at hisjob, though not as good as hethoughthe was, and his smugnessirritatedWycliffe.
- It wasn't smugness orarrogance. It was aquietself-confidence.
- Plodding past all thetourbuses, I couldn'thelpbutfeelacertainsmugness atarrivingonfoot.
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-complacent
- self-fulfilled
- that'll do nicelyidiom
- this is the life!idiom
- triumphalism
- virtuously
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Showing arrogance and conceit