"smugness" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-smugness.wav Forms: smugnesses [plural]
Etymology: From smug + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|smug|ness}} smug + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} smugness (countable and uncountable, plural smugnesses)
  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being smug. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (state or quality of being smug): самодоволство (samodovolstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), suficiència [feminine] (Catalan), 得意 (déyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 自滿 /自满 (zìmǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), zelfingenomenheid (Dutch), omahyväisyys (Finnish), indulgence [feminine] (French), complaisance [feminine] (French), Selbstgefälligkeit [feminine] (German), αυταρέσκεια (aftaréskeia) [feminine] (Greek), bogás [masculine] (Irish), automulțumire [feminine] (Romanian), autoîncântare [feminine] (Romanian), petulancia [feminine] (Spanish), autosuficiencia [feminine] (Spanish), ufanía [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-smugness-en-noun-zXi~AP4y Disambiguation of Emotions: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 84 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'state or quality of being smug': 91 9
  2. (countable) The result or product of being smug. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-smugness-en-noun-liXSs2Rr

Inflected forms

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