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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions;
- Example: "he had become complacent after years of success"
- Example: "his self-satisfied dignity"
[syn: complacent, self-satisfied, self-complacent]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Complacent \Com*pla"cent\, a. [L. complacens very pleasing, p.
   pr. of complacere; com- + placere to please: cf. F.
   complaisant. See Please and cf. Complaisant.]
   Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a
   complacent smile.
   [1913 Webster]

         They look up with a sort of complacent awe . . . to
         kings.                                   --Burke.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

complacent
    adj 1: contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions; "he
           had become complacent after years of success"; "his self-
           satisfied dignity" [syn: complacent, self-satisfied,
           self-complacent]