If you say that someone is ~, you are criticizing the fact they seem very pleased with how good, clever, or lucky they are.
Thomas and his wife looked at each other in ~ satisfaction.
ADJ disapproval
If you say that someone is ~, you are criticizing the fact they seem very pleased with how good, clever, or lucky they are.
Thomas and his wife looked at each other in ~ satisfaction.
ADJ disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012