[
UK
/smˈʌɡ/
]
[ US /ˈsməɡ/ ]
[ US /ˈsməɡ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction
a smug glow of self-congratulation
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