Complacent
[kəm'pleɪs(ə)nt] or [kəm'plesnt]
Definition
(adj.) contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions; 'he had become complacent after years of success'; 'his self-satisfied dignity' .
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Definition
(a.) Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a complacent smile.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Pleased, satisfied, gratified, contented.[2]. Civil, polite, courteous, affable, easy, obliging, urbane, COMPLAISANT, gracious.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Pleased, satisfied, content, pleasant, affable, kind, mannerly, acquiescent,amiable
ANT:Dissatisfied, irritated, churlish, unmannerly, morose, austere, grudging
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Definition
adj. showing satisfaction: pleased: inclined to please.—ns. Complā′cence Complā′cency pleasure: satisfaction: complaisance.—adv. Complā′cently.
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Examples
- He also took away a complacent sense that he was making great progress in Miss Brooke's good opinion. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Donne, indeed, was of that coldly phlegmatic, immovably complacent, densely self-satisfied nature which is insensible to shame. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Instead of speaking, I smiled; and not a very complacent or submissive smile either. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His insufferable smile was more complacent than ever. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He smoked with great gravity and dignity for a little while, and then added, in a highly complacent tone, 'Oh! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I should rather suspect it was,' said the mulberry man, sipping his liquor, with a complacent face. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Sir Leicester is generally in a complacent state, and rarely bored. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Wery good, Samivel,' observed Mr. Weller, in as complacent a manner as if Sam had been passing the highest eulogiums on his prudence and foresight. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Sydney Carton looked at his punch and looked at his complacent friend; drank his punch and looked at his complacent friend. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Towards Mr. Pocket, as a grown-up infant with no notion of his own interests, they showed the complacent forbearance I had heard them express. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Mr. Bucket is very complacent over this French explanation. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Sir Leicester sits in my Lady's room--that room in which Mr. Tulkinghorn read the affidavit in Jarndyce and Jarndyce--particularly complacent. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A self-complacent ass, ready to be flattered out of your senses by every petticoat that chooses to take the trouble to do it! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But happily for her, she was quite complacent again now and beamed with nods and smiles. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I will even go further than this, Mr. Winkle,' continued Mr. Phunky, in a most smooth and complacent manner. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Several very well executed and complacent-looking fat women struck me as by no means the goddesses they appeared to consider themselves. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It will be readily understood that Edison did not sit with folded hands or drop into complacent satisfaction the moment he had reached the practical stage of commercial exploitation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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