smug in the PONS Dictionary

smug Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be smug about sth
показвам самодоволство от нщ

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He often appears selfish, materialistic or otherwise antisocial, but tends to be socially inept or smug rather than actually unpleasant.
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It's made him very secure, a little smug, perhaps?
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Her demeanor is that of a somewhat complacent, smug, but powerful enchantress.
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Its smug cousin, received opinion, is just as bad.
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But he captures the detective's idiosyncrasies, his arrogance, his smug pomposity, even his utter self-absorption.
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In his younger days he was smug and self-satisfied.
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The prisoners, including their smug and surly captain, are held in the church hall until the escort arrives.
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I can't understand how someone who for decades set himself up as a moral authority, a rather smug one, could pull this off.
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The husband appears smug throughout the party and toward the end of the video raises a glass in a toast to the party.
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His smug colleagues constantly swap girlfriends, or as they say, recycle them.
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