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self-rising flour |
self-rule |
self-sacrifice |
self-sacrificing |
self-satisfaction |
self-satisfied
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| self-sealing
| self-seeded
| self-seeker
| self-seeking
self-satisfied
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective self-satisfied has 2 senses
- self-satisfied(s = adj.all) smug - marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction; "a smug glow of self-congratulation"
- self-satisfied(s = adj.all) complacent, self-complacent - contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions; "he had become complacent after years of success"; "his self-satisfied dignity"
CIDE DICTIONARY
self-satisfied, a.
Satisfied with one's self or one's actions; self-complacent. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
self-satisfied
bovine, complacent, 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-sufficient, smug, vain, vaingloriousROGET THESAURUS
self-satisfied
Vanity
N vanity, conceit, conceitedness, self-conceit, self- complacency, self-confidence, self-sufficiency, self-esteem, self-love, self-approbation, self-praise, self-glorification, self-laudation, self-gratulation, self-applause, self-admiration, amour propre, selfishness, airs, affected manner, pretensions, mannerism, egotism, priggism, priggishness, coxcombry, gaudery, vainglory, elation, pride, ostentation, assurance, vox et praeterea nihil, cheval de bataille, coxcomb, Sir Oracle, vain, vain as a peacock, proud as a peacock, conceited, overweening, pert, forward, vainglorious, high-flown, ostentatious, puffed up, inflated, flushed, self-satisfied, self-confident, self-sufficient, self-flattering, self-admiring, self-applauding, self-glorious, self-opinionated, entente, wise in one's own conceit, pragmatical, overwise, pretentious, priggish, egotistic, egotistical, soi-disant, arrogant, unabashed, unblushing, unconstrained, unceremonious, free and easy, vainly, how we apples swim!, prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk.
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