self-complacent

adjective

Complacently self-satisfied

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complacentself-satisfiedcontentedcontent
OriginEnglish complacent ← Middle English self- ← Old English self- →
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Meanings

adjectiveself-complacent (comparative more self-complacent, superlative most self-complacent)

comparative more self-complacent · superlative most self-complacent

  1. Complacently self-satisfied

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecontented to a fault with oneself or one's actions

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complacentself-satisfiedcontentedcontent
Also see
complacentcontentcontentedself-satisfied

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Englishcomplacent
  9. Englishself-complacent

From self- + complacent.

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Translations

Bulgarian самодоволен
  • самодоволен (samodovolen)complacently self-satisfied
Dutch zelfingenomen
  • zelfingenomencomplacently self-satisfied
Finnish itseensä tyytyväinen, omahyväinen
  • itseensä tyytyväinencomplacently self-satisfied
  • omahyväinencomplacently self-satisfied
Polish zadowolony z siebie
  • zadowolony z siebiecomplacently self-satisfied
Cite this entry
APA

self-complacent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-complacent

MLA

“self-complacent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-complacent. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-complacent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-complacent.

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