adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Doyle's self-satisfied smile irritated Haworth.
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He was in his early 40s and had the self-satisfied air of someone who has achieved fame and success.
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Sonnenberg strolled in, his chin held up at a self-satisfied angle.
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What makes a second-rate actress like Jean so self-satisfied , so over-confident?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As I watched in amazement, the partner gazed over her shoulder and gave me a big, mocking, self-satisfied wink.
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At last the self-satisfied crow ceased his terrible performance and took his bow.
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Casting a self-satisfied glance at me Shelly allowed herself to be picked up.
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In contrast the style of shareholding encouraged by privatisation is secure, self-satisfied .
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Shiona scowled into his face with its arrogant high cheekbones, self-satisfied mouth and eyes as hard as sapphires.
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They seemed to have a significance independent of the self-satisfied barristers and scurrying clerks who peopled them now.
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We shouldn't, however, go home fulfilled, self-satisfied and smug.