Smug

//smʌɡ//

Synonyms for "smug" (214 found)

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Related words (107)

Adjective(1 words)
self-satisfied

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Translations

67 translations across 31 languages.

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Bulgarian

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  • самодоволен adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Catalan

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  • petulant adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • ufà adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 得意 adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • 自滿 /自满 adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Czech

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  • domýšlivý adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • nafoukaný adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • namyšlený adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • samolibý adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Danish

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  • selvfed adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • selvgod adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Dutch

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  • zelfingenomen adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Faroese

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  • sjálvglaður adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • sjálvgóður adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Finnish

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  • itseriittoinen adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • itsetyytyväinen adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • omahyväinen adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

French

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  • auto-satisfait adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • fat adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • suffisant adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Galician

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  • fachendoso adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • fanfurriñeiro adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • oufano adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • pimpante adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Georgian

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  • თვითკმაყოფილი adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

German

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  • arrogant adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • blasiert adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • dünkelhaft adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • eingebildet adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Greek

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  • αυτάρεσκος adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Hebrew

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  • זחוח adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Hungarian

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  • önelégült adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Italian

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  • autocompiaciuto adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • compiaciuto adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Japanese

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  • 独り善がり adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • 調子に乗る adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Literary Chinese

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  • 躊躇 adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Māori

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  • whakahīhī adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • whakakake adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • whakaī adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • selvgod adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • selvtilfreds adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • sjølvgod adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Polish

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  • irytująco zadowolony z siebie adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • próżny adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Portuguese

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  • convencido adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • presunçoso adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Punjabi

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  • ਮਨਮੌਜੀ adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Romanian

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  • îngâmfat adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Russian

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  • самодово́льный adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • samozadovoljan adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Slovak

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  • samoľúby adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Spanish

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  • creído adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • engreído adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • fatuo adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • petulante adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Swedish

3 entries
  • mallig adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • självbelåten adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)
  • självgod adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • самовдово́лений adj (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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His smug behavior is offensive.

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Tom looks smug.

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There are so many smug people.

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Don't be smug! You could have hurt yourself.

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