self-satisfaction
Pleased with oneself
Self-satisfaction is contentment with one's own achievements, qualities, or situation.
The word often carries a negative edge—suggesting smugness or complacency rather than healthy confidence: He surveyed his work with evident self-satisfaction.
Someone self-satisfied may seem oblivious to their own flaws or resistant to improvement.
One's self-image
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
self-importance · boastfulness · swagger · narcissism · egotism · self-admiration · self-glorification · preening
Excessive pride in oneself
- self-congratulationAdmiring one's own accomplishments
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- indifferenceLack of interest
- apathyAbsence of feeling
nonchalance · passivity · overconfidence · stagnation · unambitious · coasting · disengagement · obliviousness
Successful completion of aim
- successFavorable outcome attained
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- victoryDefeating an opponent
attainment · fulfillment · completion · breakthrough · feat · realization · progress · actualization
Confidence in one's abilities
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- self-esteemOne's sense of worth
- self-respectValuing one's own worth
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
assertiveness · conviction · certainty · boldness · assuredness · self-confidence · self-worth · inner strength
Smug moral superiority
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- patronizingTreating someone as inferior
- superiorityHigher rank or quality
- snobbishnessPretentious sense of superiority
disdain · superciliousness · holier-than-thou · priggishness · sanctimony · aloofness · conceitedness · snooty
ego
One's self-image
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
hubris · self-importance · boastfulness · swagger · narcissism · egotism · self-admiration · self-glorification · preening · self-aggrandizement
smugness
Excessive pride in oneself
- self-congratulationAdmiring one's own accomplishments
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- indifferenceLack of interest
apathy · nonchalance · passivity · overconfidence · stagnation · unambitious · coasting · disengagement · obliviousness
accomplishment
Successful completion of aim
- successFavorable outcome attained
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
victory · attainment · fulfillment · completion · breakthrough · feat · realization · progress · actualization · self-actualization
self-assurance
Confidence in one's abilities
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- self-esteemOne's sense of worth
- self-respectValuing one's own worth
self-reliance · assertiveness · conviction · certainty · boldness · assuredness · self-confidence · self-worth · inner strength · composure
self-righteousness
Smug moral superiority
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- patronizingTreating someone as inferior
- superiorityHigher rank or quality
snobbishness · disdain · superciliousness · holier-than-thou · priggishness · sanctimony · aloofness · conceitedness · snooty · know-it-all
serenity
Undisturbed mental quietude
tranquility · well-being · happiness · pleasure · enjoyment · bliss · harmony · calmness · quietude · restfulness
- egoego, egoism, big ego, egotism, egocentrism
- pleasurepleasure, enjoyment, delight, gratification, contentment
- sore winner behaviorbragging, boasting, gloating, taunting, rubbing it in
- hypocrisyhypocrisy, hypocrite, sanctimony, two-faced, self-righteousness
- moral emotionsguilt, shame, remorse, moral guilt, conscience
- philistinismanti-intellectualism, boorishness, tastelessness, uncouthness
self-satisfactionself-loathing
Intense disgust toward oneself
self-hatred · self-disgust · self-hate · self-contempt · shame
self-satisfactionhumility
Freedom from arrogance
modesty · humbleness · self-effacement · meekness · diffidence
self-satisfactiondissatisfaction
State of being displeased
restlessness · ambition · discontent · self-improvement · striving
satisfy, selfish, satisfied, satisfying, satisfaction, satisfactory, dissatisfied, unsatisfied, selfhood