smug
Irritatingly pleased, oneself
Smug describes excessive self-satisfaction, often at others' expense.
A smug person radiates complacency about their own superiority, correctness, or good fortune: He had a smug look after winning the argument.
The word carries strong disapproval—smugness is satisfaction that hasn't been earned or that ignores others' struggles: She was smug about her promotion while colleagues got laid off.
Smug triumph display
- preeningGrooming with vanity
- self-admiringFond of oneself
- triumphantJoyfully victorious
- boastfulGiven to self-praise
cocky · vainglorious · prideful · self-assured · puffed-up · swaggering · big-headed · insufferable
Smugly pleased with oneself
- complacentUncritically self-satisfied
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
- patronizingTreating someone as inferior
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
holier-than-thou · haughty · snobbish · disdainful · contemptuous · imperious · overbearing · pompous
gloating
Smug triumph display
- preeningGrooming with vanity
- self-admiringFond of oneself
- triumphantJoyfully victorious
boastful · cocky · vainglorious · prideful · self-assured · puffed-up · swaggering · big-headed · insufferable · unbearable
self-satisfied
Smugly pleased with oneself
- complacentUncritically self-satisfied
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
- patronizingTreating someone as inferior
supercilious · holier-than-thou · haughty · snobbish · disdainful · contemptuous · imperious · overbearing · pompous · lordly
smirk
Pleased, superior smile
- arrogancearrogant, conceited, pompous, vain, haughty
- egotismarrogant, conceited, egocentric, egomaniac, egotist
- pretentiousnesspretentious, pretentiousness, pretension, pompous, pomposity
- snobberysnob, snobbery, snooty, elitism, snoot
- condescendingpatronizing, disdainful, scornful, dismissive, belittling
- showing offboasting, bragged, show off, bragging, boasted
smughumble
Unassuming about oneself
modest · self-deprecating · self-critical · unpretentious · unassuming
smugdissatisfied
Unhappy with results
discontent · discontented · insecure · unhappy · self-loathing
- smug faceSelf-congratulatory expression