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101smug — self complacent, self satisfied, priggish, *complacent Analogous words: self respecting, self esteeming, self admiring (see base words under REGARD n): Pharisaical, sanctimonious, hypocritical (see under HYPOCRISY) …
102staid — sedate, grave, *serious, somber, sober, earnest Analogous words: *decorous, decent, seemly: *cool, collected, composed: smug, priggish, self complacent, *complacent Antonyms: jaunty …
103vain — 1 Vain, nugatory, otiose, idle, empty, hollow are comparable when they mean devoid of worth or significance. Something vain (see also FUTILE) is devoid of all value, either absolutely because worthless, superfluous, or unprofitable or relatively… …
104please — [14] Please is at the centre of a small family of English words that go back to Latin placēre ‘please’ (a derivative of the same base as produced plācāre ‘calm, appease’, source of English implacable [16] and placate [17]). Related English words… …
105fat cat — noun a wealthy and privileged person • Hypernyms: ↑rich person, ↑wealthy person, ↑have * * * noun 1. slang a. : a wealthy contributor to a political campaign fund; …
106com|plai|sance — «kuhm PLAY zuhns, KOM pluh zans», noun. 1. the desire and care to please or defer to the wishes of another; agreeableness. SYNONYM(S): obligingness, courtesy, graciousness, politeness. 2. an act of complaisance. 3. = compliance. (Cf. ↑compliance) …
107com|plai´sant|ness — com|plai|sant «kuhm PLAY zuhnt, KOM pluh zant», adjective. 1. inclined to do what is asked; obliging; gracious: »The Prince, who was excessively complaisant, told her the whole story three times over (Oliver Goldsmith). SYNONYM(S): affable,… …
108com|plai´sant|ly — com|plai|sant «kuhm PLAY zuhnt, KOM pluh zant», adjective. 1. inclined to do what is asked; obliging; gracious: »The Prince, who was excessively complaisant, told her the whole story three times over (Oliver Goldsmith). SYNONYM(S): affable,… …
109com|plai|sant — «kuhm PLAY zuhnt, KOM pluh zant», adjective. 1. inclined to do what is asked; obliging; gracious: »The Prince, who was excessively complaisant, told her the whole story three times over (Oliver Goldsmith). SYNONYM(S): affable, courteous. 2. =… …
110Complacence — Com*pla cence, Complacency Com*pla cen*cy, n. [LL. complacentia: cf. F. complaisance. See {Complacent}, and cf. {Complaisance}.] 1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification. [1913 Webster] The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably… …
