SMUGNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smugness mean? 

• SMUGNESS (noun)
  The noun SMUGNESS has 1 sense:

1. an excessive feeling of self-satisfaction

  Familiarity information: SMUGNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMUGNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An excessive feeling of self-satisfaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("smugness" is a kind of...):

complacence; complacency; self-complacency; self-satisfaction (the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself)

Derivation:

smug (marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction)