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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
complacent
    adj 1: contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions; "he
           had become complacent after years of success"; "his self-
           satisfied dignity" [syn: complacent, self-satisfied,
           self-complacent]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Complacent \Com*pla"cent\, a. [L. complacens very pleasing, p.
   pr. of complacere; com- + placere to please: cf. F.
   complaisant. See Please and cf. Complaisant.]
   Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a
   complacent smile.
   [1913 Webster]

         They look up with a sort of complacent awe . . . to
         kings.                                   --Burke.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Complacent:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bovine, 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-satisfied, self-sufficient, smug, vain, vainglorious
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