SMUG


Meaning of SMUG in English

/ smʌg; NAmE / adjective

( disapproving ) looking or feeling too pleased about sth you have done or achieved

SYN complacent :

a smug expression / smile / face, etc.

What are you looking so smug about?

►  smug·ly adverb

►  smug·ness noun [ U ]

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent. (originally in the sense neat, spruce ): from Low German smuk pretty.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.