'Complacent' definitions:
Definition of 'complacent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions; "he had become complacent after years of success"; "his self- satisfied dignity" [syn: complacent, self-satisfied, self-complacent]
Definition of 'Complacent'
From: GCIDE
- Complacent \Com*pla"cent\, a. [L. complacens very pleasing, p. pr. of complacere; com- + placere to please: cf. F. complaisant. See Please and cf. Complaisant.] Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a complacent smile. [1913 Webster]
- They look up with a sort of complacent awe . . . to kings. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'complacent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bovine,
- consequential,
- narcissan,
- narcissine,
- narcissistic,
- narcistic,
- overproud,
- overweening,
- 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,
- smug,
- vain,
- vainglorious