[ UK /smˈʌɡ/ ]
[ US /ˈsməɡ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction
    a smug glow of self-congratulation
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How To Use smug In A Sentence

  • Some smugglers even use wedding cars and funeral hearses as cover.
  • He could spot hypocrisy, pomposity, smugness, snobbery, tomfoolery and turpitude from miles away.
  • The drug smugglers used an assortment of inventive packaging to hide their illegal shipments.
  • So long as there is a demand for the produce, illegal excavations and the smuggling of antiquities will continue.
  • When one was obtained it had to be smuggled past the camp guards, then passed to one of our number who was able to translate the news.
  • They operated a drug-smuggling business under the guise of an employment agency.
  • Oil was being smuggled illegally out of the country. Times, Sunday Times
  • Naturally, I was appalled to discover that Knog's entire product line is simply a cheap ruse to smuggle sapphist erotica into America. Conspiracy By Mail: The Hidden Dangers of Online Bicycle Retail
  • Feel smug about that if you wish. Times, Sunday Times
  • On Friday Hall faces trial on charges of smuggling drugs. Times, Sunday Times
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