smug
/smʌɡ/adj
Middle School
1
irritatingly pleased with oneself; offensively self-complacent, self-satisfied.
2
Showing smugness; showing self-complacency, self-satisfaction.
3
Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
Thesaurus
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing
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