Complacent

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Complacent \Com*pla"cent\, a. [L. complacens very pleasing, p.
     pr. of complacere; com- + placere to please: cf. F.
     complaisant. See {Please} and cf. {Complaisant}.]
     Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a
     complacent smile.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           They look up with a sort of complacent awe . . . to
           kings.                                   --Burke.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  complacent
       adj : contented to a fault; "he had become complacent after years
             of success"; "his self-satisfied dignity" [syn: {self-satisfied}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "complacent":
     bovine, consequential, narcissan, narcissine, narcissistic,
     narcistic, overproud, overweening, self-admiring, self-approving,
     self-assuming, self-complacent, self-congratulating,
     self-congratulatory, self-content, self-contented, self-delighting,
     self-endeared, self-esteeming, self-gratulating, self-gratulatory,
     self-important, self-loving, self-respecting, self-satisfied,
     self-sufficient, smug, vain, vainglorious