smugly Sentence Examples
- The smugly dressed boy strutted down the street, his nose held high in the air.
- The teacher smugly corrected the misspelled word, leaving the student feeling embarrassed.
- The CEO sat smugly behind his desk, unaware of the impending financial crisis.
- The salesman smugly touted the product's superior features, despite knowing its shortcomings.
- The politician smugly dismissed his opponent's arguments, showing his arrogance.
- The mother smugly watched her child play, satisfied with her parenting abilities.
- The student smugly answered the teacher's question, assuming he knew it all.
- The athlete smugly celebrated his victory, unaware of the hard work and sacrifice his opponents had made.
- The doctor smugly diagnosed the patient without thoroughly examining them, leading to a misdiagnosis.
- The employee smugly boasted about his accomplishments, making his colleagues envious.
smugly Meaning
smugly (r)
in a smug manner
Synonyms & Antonyms of smugly
Synonyms:
- overweening
- important
- snooty
- egotistic
- assured
- high-and-mighty
- braggy
- cocky
- egoistic
- stuck-up
- consequential
- bumptious
- uppity
- self-opinionated
- snobby
- biggity
- snobbish
- bigheaded
- confident
- bombastic
- supercilious
- swaggering
- pompous
- vainglorious
- boastful
- self-conceited
- biggety
- prideful
- haughty
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- disdainful
- uppish
- blustery
- self-promoting
- self-contented
- holier-than-thou
- patronizing
- lordly
- overconfident
- self-assertive
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- self-confident
- swellheaded
- highfalutin
- self-glorifying
- self-centered
- braggart
- lofty
- presuming
- fastuous
- blusterous
- superior
- toplofty
- high-hat
- imperious
- self-congratulatory
- pontifical
- bragging
- assumptive
- huffy
- chesty
- peremptory
- self-assured
- high-handed
- condescending
- cavalier
- self-asserting
- hifalutin
- masterful
- toploftical
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word smugly
in a smug manner
self-important, selfish, complacent, egoistical, vain, egotistical, conceited,arrogant, self-satisfied, proud
egoless,humble, humble, timid, diffident, egoless, modest, modest, diffident, meek
The smugly dressed boy strutted down the street, his nose held high in the air.
The teacher smugly corrected the misspelled word, leaving the student feeling embarrassed.
The CEO sat smugly behind his desk, unaware of the impending financial crisis.
The salesman smugly touted the product's superior features, despite knowing its shortcomings.
