Associations to the word «Smug»
Noun
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
SMUG, adjective. Irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied.
SMUG, adjective. (obsolete) Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
SMUG, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To make smug, or spruce.
Dictionary definition
SMUG, adjective. Marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction; "a smug glow of self-congratulation".
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.