complacent

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more complacent

Superlative

most complacent

1.
Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
He grew complacent as the years rolled on and the money rolled in.
2.
Unduly unworried or apathetic with regard to a need or problem.
He tried to paint his audience as complacent, yelling that if they weren't mad as hell then they weren't paying enough attention.

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Đồng nghĩa

self-satisfiedsmug placid

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Nguồn gốc từ

Borrowed from Latin complacēns (very pleasing), present participle of complacēre (to please at the same time, be very pleasing), from com- (together) + placēre (to please); see please and compare complaisant.