Smug

verb

/smʌɡ/

Word Frequency: 0.8

Definitions

1.verbTo make smug, or spruce.

2.verbTo seize; to confiscate.

3.verbTo hush up.

4.adjectiveIrritatingly pleased with oneself, offensively self-complacent, self-satisfied.

"Kate looked extremely smug this morning."

5.adjectiveStudiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.

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