Smug

5 definitions found

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

  Smug \Smug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smugged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Smugging}.]
     To make smug, or spruce. [Obs.]
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           Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair.


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

  Smug \Smug\, a. [Of. Scand. or Low German origin; cf. LG. smuck,
     G. schmuck, Dan. smuk, OSw. smuck, sm["o]ck, and E. smock,
     smuggle; cf. G. schmuck ornament. See {Smock}.]
     Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce;
     affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
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           They be so smug and smooth.              --Robynson
                                                    (More's
                                                    Utopia).
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           The smug and scanty draperies of his style. --De
                                                    Quincey.
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           A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow. --Beau.
                                                    & Fl.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  smug
       adj : marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction; "a
             smug glow of self-congratulation" [syn: {self-satisfied}]
       [also: {smuggest}, {smugger}]

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

  115 Moby Thesaurus words for "smug":
     Quakerish, Victorian, bland, bovine, braw, buttery, censorious,
     chic, classy, clothes-conscious, complacent, conceited,
     consequential, cosmopolitan, dapper, dashing, deck out, demure,
     disarming, doll up, dress up, dressed to advantage,
     dressed to kill, elegant, exquisite, fair-spoken, fine-spoken,
     fulsome, genteel, glib, gussy up, hidebound, holier-than-thou,
     honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, ingratiating, jaunty, mid-Victorian,
     narcissan, narcissine, narcissistic, narcistic, narrow, natty,
     neat, nifty, nobby, oily, oily-tongued, old-maidish, overconfident,
     overmodest, overproud, overweening, posh, priggish, prim, primp,
     prudish, puritanical, recherche, ritzy, sanctimonious,
     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, sharp, sleek,
     slick, smart, smarten up, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued,
     snazzy, soapy, soft-spoken, soigne, soignee, sophisticated, spiffy,
     spruce, spruce up, stiff-necked, straitlaced, stuffy,
     style-conscious, suave, suave-spoken, swank, swanky, swell,
     tricksy, trig, trim, unctuous, vain, vainglorious, well-dressed,
     well-groomed
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SMUG
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