self-satisfied

1. 1.

   marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction

   “a smug glow of self-congratulation”

   Synonymssmug

   Similarcontented
2. 2.

   contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions

   “he had become complacent after years of success”

   “his self-satisfied dignity”

   Synonymscomplacentself-complacent

   Similarcontented

Questions about self-satisfied

What does self-satisfied mean?

self-satisfied means "marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in self-satisfied?

self-satisfied has 4 syllables: self--sa-tis-fied. The stress falls on "sa".

What is another word for self-satisfied?

Close synonyms include smug, complacent, self-complacent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is self-satisfied a common word?

self-satisfied is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.