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complacent
What does complacent mean?
complacent (adjective): uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use complacent in a sentence?
- He grew complacent as the years rolled on and the money rolled in. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce complacent?
/kəmˈpleɪsənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does complacent come from?
Borrowed from Latin complacēns (“very pleasing”), present participle of complacēre (“to please at the same time, be very pleasing”), from com- (“together”) + placēre (“to please”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to complacent
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “complacent” mean?
difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
Not quite: that's what cumbersome means.
tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result
Not quite: that's what conducive means.
uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug
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recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances
Not quite: that's what sporadic means.
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