Found 3 hits - Term: complacent, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
complacent \compla"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
see also:
please complaisant
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
complacent
adj : contented to a fault; "he had become complacent after years
of success"; "his self-satisfied dignity" syn: self-satisfied
see also:
self-satisfied
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
29 moby thesaurus words for "complacent":
bovine, consequential, narcissan, narcissine, narcissistic,
narcistic, overproud, overweening, self-admiring, self-approving,
self-assuming, self-complacent, self-congratulating,
self-congratulatory, self-content, self-contented, self-delighting,
self-endeared, self-esteeming, self-gratulating, self-gratulatory,
self-important, self-loving, self-respecting, self-satisfied,
self-sufficient, smug, vain, vainglorious
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complacent_pag1.html Complacent Nation
...The Complacent Orginization. A loose knit collection of culture ... ..
http://www.complacent.org/, score=100, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 10:22 pm CONELRAD | ATOMIC PLATTERS: The Complacent Americans [1961]
...Side One's highlight is the Complacent American's re-witnessing of the ... The Complacent American concludes this side by expressing his remorse ... ..
http://www.conelrad.com/media/atomicmusic/complacent.html, score=30, date indexed=January 12, 2006, 4:56 pm CNN.com - SARS shakes complacent mood of China - May. 13, 2003
...SARS shakes complacent mood of China. By Erik Eckholm. New York Times ... ..
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/05/13/nyt.eckholm/index.html, score=30, date indexed=February 2, 2006, 12:07 am Dictionary.com/complacent
...adj : contented to a fault; "he had become complacent after years of ... He had become complacent after years of success.. *Eager to please; ... ..
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=complacent, score=28, date indexed=December 14, 2005, 7:59 pm Complacent Nation Canadian History
...Complacent Nation ... ..
http://www.complacentnation.com/site/history/main.html, score=25, date indexed=January 10, 2006, 3:16 pm Complacent Records
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http://www.complacentrecords.com/, score=24, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 9:12 pm USATODAY.com - We're so complacent, it's almost scary
...We're so complacent, it's almost scary. Not since the ancient Greeks ... broods that the nation has become too complacent. "The threat is real ... ..
http://www.usatoday.com/news/e98/shapiro/627.htm, score=21, date indexed=January 24, 2006, 2:10 pm BBC NEWS | UK | Britons 'complacent' over malaria
...British tourists are too complacent about contracting malaria as they ... Britons 'complacent' over malaria South East Asia is more risky than ... ..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4548219.stm, score=20, date indexed=December 18, 2005, 7:22 am CNN - Americans are becoming complacent about the Year 2000 issue - May 27, 1999
...IDG) -- Americans are becoming complacent about the Year 2000 issue ... Americans are becoming complacent about the Year 2000 issue May 27, ... ..
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