self-contented

adjective

Definition of self-contentednext
as in egotistical

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-contented
  1. egotistical
  2. conceited
  3. complacent
  4. smug
  5. vainglorious
  6. arrogant
  7. uppity
  8. haughty
Adjective
  • From this noble, if admittedly egotistical goal, come gaslighting, madness, war, self-mutilation, and murder.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Pharrell Williams’s egotistical fantasy Talent is not always original.
    Armond White, National Review, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of egotistical
Adjective
  • Rory Kinnear steals some of the best lines as the conceited British prime minister, and Ato Essandoh, as Kate’s deputy chief, plays the ever-flustered man surrounded by extremely capable women with admirable humor, charm, and confidence.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Not to sound so conceited and absolute.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2022
Definition of conceited
Adjective
  • People may be more complacent about diseases such as measles and polio, Conway said.
    Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2024
  • In short, arena fighters are a tried and true — if not complacent — plug-and-go formula to capitalize off of an up-and-coming anime series.
    Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of complacent
Adjective
  • But while the 118 is able to save both Celeste and her mother-in-law’s final resting place, a smug Trent trips and drops the vase, an appropriate punchline to a very silly cold open.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The smug conventional wisdom has it that voters don’t care much about abstractions like democracy or the rule of law.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of smug
Adjective
  • Daemon, Viserys’s vainglorious younger brother, had married his niece in part as a way to strengthen his own bid for the throne, and Alicent had pushed for the ascension of her immature firstborn, Aegon.
    Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Debuting March 3, the six-part realpolitik satire, created and executive produced by Succession alum Will Tracy, sees Oscar and Emmy winner Winslet return to HBO in an often hilarious role as the vainglorious Elena.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 June 2024
Definition of vainglorious
Adjective
  • Manji will appear as Crispin, an arrogant, pompous employee at a fancy, high-end hardware store who snubs George.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
  • My 21-year-old grandson is a dramatic and arrogant know-it-all.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of arrogant
Adjective
  • Steve Fields serves lobster tails and filet mignon, but its proprietor likes to think of the restaurant as D-FW’s affordable steakhouse — a place that isn’t too uppity.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 2 Apr. 2022
  • There were some in the UK, and even on this side of the pond, who wanted the queen to assert her authority and slap down her presumptuous grandson and his uppity wife.
    Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2020
Definition of uppity
Adjective
  • As haughty, naughty Nurse Redd on FX‘s Grotesquerie, Lesley Manville turned in one of the most memorable performances of the TV season.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024
  • This information doesn’t make the prospect of leaving her home painless, but Ruth approaches it with a haughty dignity that soon becomes familiar.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Definition of haughty
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Thesaurus Entries Near self-contented

self-content

self-contented

self-contentment

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