smug

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Adjective

1. Irritatingly pleased with oneself; offensively self-complacent, self-satisfied.
   • Kate looked extremely smug this morning.
2. Showing smugness; showing self-complacency, self-satisfaction.
   • a smug look on her face
3. Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.

Verb

1. To make smug, or spruce.
2. to adopt an offensively self-complacent expression.
3. To seize; to confiscate.
4. To hush up.

Noun

1. The smuggling trade.

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