slovo | definícia |
complacent (encz) | complacent,samolibý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
complacent (encz) | complacent,uspokojený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Complacent (gcide) | 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.
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They look up with a sort of complacent awe . . . to
kings. --Burke.
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complacent (wn) | 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] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
complacently (encz) | complacently,samolibě adv: Zdeněk Brožcomplacently,uspokojivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
self-complacent (encz) | self-complacent, |
Complacent (gcide) | 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.
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They look up with a sort of complacent awe . . . to
kings. --Burke.
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Complacential (gcide) | Complacential \Com`pla*cen"tial\, a.
Marked by, or causing, complacence. [Obs.] "Complacential
love." --Baxter.
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Complacently (gcide) | Complacently \Com*pla"cent*ly\ (k[o^]m*pl[=a]"sent*l[y^]), adv.
In a complacent manner.
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Self-complacent (gcide) | Self-complacent \Self`-com*pla"cent\, a.
Satisfied with one's own character, capacity, and doings;
self-satisfied.
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complacently (wn) | complacently
adv 1: in a self-satisfied manner; "he complacently lived out
his life as a village school teacher" |
self-complacent (wn) | self-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] |
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