smugness

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noun

The state or quality of being smug.

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Meanings

nounsmugness (countable and uncountable, plural smugnesses)

plural smugnesses

  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being smug.
  2. countableThe result or product of being smug.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
gloatiness

Origin

From smug + -ness.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian самодоволство
  • самодоволство (samodovolstvo)state or quality of being smug
Catalan suficiència
  • suficiènciastate or quality of being smug
Chinese Mandarin 得意, 自滿 /自满
  • 得意 (déyì)state or quality of being smug
  • 自滿 /自满 (zìmǎn)state or quality of being smug
Dutch zelfingenomenheid
  • zelfingenomenheidstate or quality of being smug
Finnish omahyväisyys
  • omahyväisyysstate or quality of being smug
French indulgence, complaisance
  • indulgencestate or quality of being smug
  • complaisancestate or quality of being smug
German Selbstgefälligkeit
  • Selbstgefälligkeitstate or quality of being smug
Greek αυταρέσκεια
  • αυταρέσκεια (aftaréskeia)state or quality of being smug
Irish bogás
  • bogásstate or quality of being smug
Polish samozadowolenie
  • samozadowoleniestate or quality of being smug
Romanian automulțumire, autoîncântare
  • automulțumirestate or quality of being smug
  • autoîncântarestate or quality of being smug
Spanish petulancia, autosuficiencia
  • petulanciastate or quality of being smug
  • autosuficienciastate or quality of being smug
  • ufaníastate or quality of being smug
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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