feel smug
Frequency: 7.815.2 per million words
To experience a feeling of being overly self-satisfied.
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- After solving the complex puzzle, she couldn't help but feel smug.
- He tends to feel smug whenever he outperforms his colleagues.
- Don't feel too smug about your victory; the next challenge awaits.
- She started to feel slightly smug after receiving all the praise.
- If you always win, it's easy to feel a bit smug.
- The politician seemed to feel smug about his clever response.
- I try not to feel smug, even when my predictions turn out to be correct.
- Why does he always feel so smug after winning a trivial argument?
- Having mastered the new skill, the student allowed himself to feel genuinely smug.
- It's unhealthy to constantly feel smug about your own superiority.