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As an adjective, complacent means uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements.
Meanings of complacent
3 meaningsadjective
Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
“He grew complacent as the years rolled on and the money rolled in.”
Unduly unworried or apathetic with regard to an apparent need or problem.
“He tried to paint his audience as complacent, yelling that if they weren't mad as hell then they weren't paying enough attention.”
Contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
“he had become complacent after years of success”
“his self-satisfied dignity”
Similar: self-satisfied, self-complacent
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
self-satisfiedself-complacent
Words that rhyme with complacent
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