adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a smug expression (= one that shows too much satisfaction with your own cleverness or success )
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Peter was wearing an unbearably smug expression and waving the tickets in front of me.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
look
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His was the smug look of a man who knew he was in total control and liked it that way.
smile
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I close the window again with a smug smile on my face, and wait for the next battalion of eager buzzers.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a smug grin
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Frank patted his pocket and smiled, looking awfully smug .
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I felt very smug about not wasting paper.
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If you knew, which I'm sure you did judging from your smug expression, why didn't you tell me?
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Lawson comes over as smug and arrogant, but in fact he's quite a decent man.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And Katie would give a smug little smile and then whisper about it half the night.
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Daley was almost smug as he watched King floundering.
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His was the smug look of a man who knew he was in total control and liked it that way.
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Not to be a trifle smug , or anything.
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Of all the mechanisms which sustain him in that feeling of smug self-satisfaction with himself, the chief one is self-justifying.
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Peter Kemp's aim seems to be to make Wells sound smug .