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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for smug

marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction

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"I don't understand how someone can go on the run, be found guilty and then just walk straight in with a very smug look on his face and claim innocence.
5 St Enoch and Child High Street Australian artist Smug is behind another impressive mural, said to "complement the mature image of a modern day St Mungo".
On Friday Smug Roberts appears with Anthony J Brown, Rivka Uttley and Tom King at the Holiday Inn (8pm) and on Saturday Alun Cochrane takes the stage at the same venue (8pm).
John Sentamu said classic pictures of "haves and have nots" in Brazil shown in advance of the World Cup - with contrasting images of "gorgeous" beaches and hotels in Rio de Janeiro and poverty-stricken favelas - should not leave people feeling smug in Britain.
But they may well be feeling less smug when they get home and face an unexpectedly huge phone bill.
According to Warne, Prior was very smug in his comments, although he added that it might have been a conscious effort or direction from Andy Flower to be arrogant and dismissive of the opposition.
He was smug towards us, the way he was talking to my players, my senior players."
That is not why we lost but he was smug towards us, the way he was talking to my players, my senior players.
I don't want to sound smug but architecture is a worldwide thing which can be discussed from anywhere, safe in the knowledge that there is a common core of admired buildings and received ideas.
According to Stovall, Yerby was a real piece of work--arrogant, smug and condescending toward women and fellow African Americans.
The one-liners are essential to the movie's overall smug, swaggering, smart-ass aesthetic, so if you're the type to bristle at that sort of thing, you'd best leave this DVD on the shelf.
Americans should not be smug. We are moving closer to Canadian-style healthcare than many realize, as the government takes over responsibility for more of our healthcare system.
Determination, duplicity, great curiosity, and smug Edwardian superiority battled for equal parts of his soul.
Dave's Smug self promotion: in the May/June 1998 edition of this column I wrote "the best practical shooters are those who started out shooting fast.
--Yet its owner, Wilbur Ross, felt smug enough to tell "Prime Time Live": "We were confident based on assurances from our management that the mine was safe."