complacent Definition
com·pla·cent (kəm plā′sənt)
adjective
- satisfied; esp., self-satisfied, or smug
- affable; complaisant
Etymology: L complacens, prp. of complacere, to be very pleasing < com-, intens. + placere, to please
complacent Related Forms
com·pla′·cently adverb
complacent Synonyms
complacent
modif.
complacent Usage Examples
Preposition: about
- threat: We were never complacent about the threat from global terrorism.
- situation: I know I should never feel complacent about any situation during a dive.
- challenge: Despite this rapid progress, we are not complacent about the challenges ahead.
- risk: We must never be complacent about the risk of HIV.
Preposition: in
face: However the goddesses are getting complacent in the face of the skill of the ninjas.
Modifying Another Word
- dangerously: Only the dangerously complacent or naïve could assume that we have safely put the BSE crisis behind us.
- too: To be honest, I think they've become too complacent with what is, in effect, a captive audience for their products.
- rather: He was rather complacent on the subject of ( Labor ) voter turnout.
- not: Wal-Mart is not complacent about its position in fashion.
- never: Never complacent, Raven sets the standard by which the industry is measured.
Used with adjective complement
- become: We've now become complacent upon our supply of energy.
- appear: Many academics appeared complacent about the ( then ongoing ) bombing of Afghanistan, while others viewed it with cheerful approval.
- get: Don't get complacent about items in your car.
- seem: Talking about poverty and injustice in calm measured tones seems almost complacent.
- grow: We have not grown more prudent, we have grown more complacent.
- remain: There have been too many audit based scandals to remain complacent.
Modifies a noun
- attitude: He says that too many have a complacent attitude toward unemployment.
- assumption: Neither is tolerant of the complacent assumption of a right to one's own opinions.
- view: The Conservatives ' near banishment from Scottish politics gives them a less complacent view of devolution.
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