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The definition of smug is the showing of extreme satisfaction with oneself.

(adjective)

An example of smug is a man with six pack abs showing them off to any and every one.

See smug in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective smugger, smuggest

Archaic neat, spruce, trim, etc.
narrowly contented with one's own accomplishments, beliefs, morality, etc.; self-satisfied to an annoying degree; complacent

Origin: prob. < LowG smuk, trim, neat, akin to Ger schmuck, neat: for IE base see smock

Related Forms:

smugly adverb
smugness noun

See smug in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective smug·ger, smug·gest

Exhibiting or feeling great or offensive satisfaction with oneself or with one's situation; self-righteously complacent: “the smug look of a toad breakfasting on fat marsh flies” (William Pearson).

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps akin to Low German smuck, neat

Origin: , from Middle Low German

Origin: , from smucken, to adorn

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