smug

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

smug [smug smugger smuggest] BrE [smʌɡ] NAmE [smʌɡ] adjective (disapproving)
looking or feeling too pleased about sth you have done or achieved
Syn: ↑complacent
•a smug expression/smile/face, etc.
•What are you looking so smug about?
Derived Words: ↑smugly ▪ ↑smugness

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent. (originally in the sense ‘neat, spruce’): from Low German smuk ‘pretty’.

Thesaurus:
smug adj. (disapproving)
•What are you looking so smug about?
complacent • • self-satisfied • • self-righteous • • sanctimonious •
smug/complacent/self-satisfied/self-righteous/sanctimonious about sth
a smug/complacent/self-satisfied smile

Example Bank:
•Now don't get smug just because you've won a couple of games.
•the incredibly smug expression on his face
•He gave a smug little smile.
•She was feeling smug after her win.
•There was an air of smug satisfaction in Luke's voice.