smug
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Smug \Smug\, a. [Of. Scand. or Low German origin; cf. LG. smuck,
G. schmuck, Dan. smuk, OSw. smuck, sm["o]ck, and E. smock,
smuggle; cf. G. schmuck ornament. See {Smock}.]
Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce;
affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
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They be so smug and smooth. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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The smug and scanty draperies of his style. --De
Quincey.
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A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow. --Beau.
& Fl.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
115 Moby Thesaurus words for "smug":
Quakerish, Victorian, bland, bovine, braw, buttery, censorious,
chic, classy, clothes-conscious, complacent, conceited,
consequential, cosmopolitan, dapper, dashing, deck out, demure,
disarming, doll up, dress up, dressed to advantage,
dressed to kill, elegant, exquisite, fair-spoken, fine-spoken,
fulsome, genteel, glib, gussy up, hidebound, holier-than-thou,
honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, ingratiating, jaunty, mid-Victorian,
narcissan, narcissine, narcissistic, narcistic, narrow, natty,
neat, nifty, nobby, oily, oily-tongued, old-maidish, overconfident,
overmodest, overproud, overweening, posh, priggish, prim, primp,
prudish, puritanical, recherche, ritzy, sanctimonious,
self-admiring, self-approving, self-assuming, self-complacent,
self-congratulating, self-congratulatory, self-content,
self-contented, self-delighting, self-endeared, self-esteeming,
self-gratulating, self-gratulatory, self-important, self-loving,
self-respecting, self-satisfied, self-sufficient, sharp, sleek,
slick, smart, smarten up, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued,
snazzy, soapy, soft-spoken, soigne, soignee, sophisticated, spiffy,
spruce, spruce up, stiff-necked, straitlaced, stuffy,
style-conscious, suave, suave-spoken, swank, swanky, swell,
tricksy, trig, trim, unctuous, vain, vainglorious, well-dressed,
well-groomed
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