English

Adjective

smug ‎(comparative smugger, superlative smuggest)

1. Irritatingly pleased with oneself, offensively self-complacent. self-satisfied.

   Kate looked extremely smug this morning.

2. (obsolete) Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
   • Robynson (More's Utopia)

     They be so smug and smooth.

   • De Quincey

     the smug and scanty draperies of his style

   • Beaumont and Fletcher

     A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow.

Synonyms

• self-satisfied
• complacent
• See also Wikisaurus:arrogant

Derived terms

• smugly
• smugness

Translations

Verb

smug ‎(third-person singular simple present smugs, present participle smugging, simple past and past participle smugged)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make smug, or spruce.
   • Dryton

     Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair.

External links

• smug in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• smug in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• gums
• mugs

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb smyge

Alternative forms

• smau (Nynorsk also)

Noun

smug n ‎(definite singular smuget, indefinite plural smug, definite plural smuga or smugene)

1. an alley or alleyway (usually for pedestrians)

References

• “smug” in The Bokmål Dictionary.