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My father cared a lot about me, but he never gave me the satisfaction of really knowing it. Hitting .390 wasn't enough for him. Nothing seemed to be. He was not trying to be mean. He was just seeing to it that I never got self-satisfied, that I worked hard to get the most out of what I had.
George Brett

Meaning of "self-satisfied" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-SATISFIED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-SATISFIED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Self-Satisfied is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SELF-SATISFIED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of self-satisfied in the English dictionary

The definition of self-satisfied in the dictionary is having or showing a complacent satisfaction with oneself, one's own actions, behaviour, etc.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-SATISFIED

self-sacrifice
self-sacrificing
self-sacrificingly
self-satisfaction
self-sealing
self-seeded
self-seeker
self-seeking
self-service
self-serving
self-sown
self-standing
self-starter
self-steering
self-study
self-styled
self-sufficiency
self-sufficient
self-sufficiently
self-sufficing

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-SATISFIED

amplified
certified
classified
dissatisfied
diversified
horrified
identified
justified
modified
notified
purified
qualified
satisfied
simplified
specified
unified
unsatisfied
unspecified
verified
well-satisfied

Synonyms and antonyms of self-satisfied in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SELF-SATISFIED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «self-satisfied» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of self-satisfied

Translation of «self-satisfied» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-SATISFIED

Find out the translation of self-satisfied to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-satisfied from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «self-satisfied» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自我满足
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

satisfecho de sí mismo
570 millions of speakers

English

self-satisfied
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्म संतुष्ट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

- راض النفس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

самодовольная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

auto-satisfação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আত্মতুষ্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

auto- satisfaits
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berpuas hati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

selbstzufrieden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自己満足の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 만족
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyenengake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự mản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுய திருப்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वयंपूर्ण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

halinden memnun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

soddisfatto di sé
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zadowolony z siebie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

самовдоволена
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mulțumit de sine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτάρεσκος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

self- tevrede
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

självbelåtna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selvtilfredse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-satisfied

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-SATISFIED»

The term «self-satisfied» is regularly used and occupies the 98.835 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-SATISFIED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about self-satisfied

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4 QUOTES WITH «SELF-SATISFIED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word self-satisfied.
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Matthew Bourne
Astaire never thought of what he was doing as balletic, but Kelly was always trying to dance with women on points. And his choreography is so showy and flashy. He always looks self-satisfied to me.
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George Brett
My father cared a lot about me, but he never gave me the satisfaction of really knowing it. Hitting .390 wasn't enough for him. Nothing seemed to be. He was not trying to be mean. He was just seeing to it that I never got self-satisfied, that I worked hard to get the most out of what I had.
3
Janis Ian
Some people would rather stay ignorant and self-satisfied.
4
Sheldon Whitehouse
How arrogant - how very far from humility - would be the self-satisfied, smug assurance that God, a tidy-up-after-us God will come and clean up our mess? Hope for a nanny God, who will with a miracle grant us amnesty from our folly - that's not aligned with either history or the text of the Bible.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-SATISFIED»

Discover the use of self-satisfied in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-satisfied and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Psychological Perspectives
He became self-satisfied and haughty and, what is more, he even sought to defy Doondari. So Doondari thought how he could subdue the Man that he had created. To combat Man, Doondari brought in Blindness, and Blindness subdued Man.
Paul Avis, 2009
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The Great Journey: In Pursuit of Jesus' Way, Truth and Life
And here be reminded, where decay is, goal reaching and expectations cannot mature and grow. Self— investigation even stops. For that one being self— satisfied, self— contented, remains as an un— resurrected one, as grass that withers, ...
Bonnie Gulan, 2002
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The Gospel herald; or, Poor Christian's magazine
He is self-satisfied in his supremacy ; as King of kings. 3. He is self-satisfied in his majesty : 'None can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou ? ' 4. He is self- satisfied in his prerogatives; it is his to ' sway the creation as he pleases.
‎1861
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Identifying and Understanding the Narcissistic Personality
Accordingly, people who have high narcissism tend to be dominant, extraverted, exhibitionistic, aggressive, impulsive, self-centered, subjectively self-satisfied, self-indulgent, and nonconforming. Raskin, Novacek, and Hogan (1991) went a ...
Elsa F. Ronningstam, 2005
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Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery
wearing themselves out for everyone, creating needs for themselves to fulfill. / Increasingly self-important and self-satisfied, feel they are indispensable, although they overrate their efforts in others' behalf. Seek specific forms of repayment for ...
Don Richard Riso, 1996
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
'self- 'sacrificing ad). selfsame f'selfseim] adj (formal: attrib) the very same : This doll is the self-same one that I saw in the shop window. self-satisfied [ selfsatisfaidj adj (derog) too easily pleased with oneself and one's achievements : 'Our ...
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Merriam-Webster's Crossword Puzzle Dictionary
self-satisfied 4 smug 8 priggish 10 complacent self-seeking 7 selfish 8 egoistic, selfhood 9 egotistic 10 egocentric 11 egomania- col self-service combining form: 5 teria self-serving see self-seeking self-starter 6 dynamo, peeler 7 hustler, rustler  ...
‎1995
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Names, Proverbs, Riddles, and Material Text in Robert Frost
I think it is safe to say that more of the poems in A Further Range than in any other of Frost's volumes depend on this riddling and on a persona who projects a self-satisfied tone, along with an insider's knowledge. In this way, even the notorious ...
Timothy O'Brien, 2010
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Motivational Science: Social and Personality Perspectives
As shown in the right-hand panel of Figure 2, the self-satisfied but self-efficacious subjects greatly accelerated their performance effort, those who were either self- dissatisfied or self-efficacious sustained their performance effort, and those who ...
Edward Tory Higgins, Arie W. Kruglanski, 2000
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The Synonym Finder
... narcissistic, self-loving, self-esteeming, self-admiring, self-worshiping; self- centered, egoistic, egoistical, egotistical, egotistic; overconfident, cocky, cocksure , too sure of oneself, Inf. riding for a fall, smug, complacent, self-satisfied; boastful,  ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-SATISFIED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-satisfied is used in the context of the following news items.
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The universal dangers shown by Toshiba's failings
Self-satisfied boards of non-Japanese companies should examine the flaws that are common to all corporate cultures - almost certainly including their own. «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
2
Has mindfulness become the domain of the self-satisfied set?
"Maybe the word 'mindfulness' is like the Prius emblem; a badge of enlightened and self-satisfied consumerism, and of success and achievement," Heffernan ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 15»
3
The Moral Bucket List
It is easy to slip into a self-satisfied moral mediocrity. You grade yourself on a forgiving curve. You figure as long as you are not obviously hurting anybody and ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
4
The Comedians on FX: a self-satisfied sham that just isn't funny
What is this show? Billy Crystal and Josh Gad play versions of themselves as they star in a sketch comedy show. Wait, this isn't Episodes? It's not a sitcom. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
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Feeling Your Privilege? Share The Wealth With The WellDeserved …
But in the self-satisfied world of startups, you can almost picture it being a thing—and therein lies the commentary. The team behind WellDeserved is the newest ... «Fast Company, Mar 15»
6
Canada's race problem? It's even worse than America's.
For a country so self-satisfied with its image of progressive tolerance, how is this ... For a country so self-satisfied with its image of progressive tolerance, how is ... «Macleans.ca, Jan 15»
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John Doyle: Schitt's Creek is droll? Try smug and self-satisfied
The comedy show, a big deal in CBC's plan for this TV season (and it has just been greenlit for a second season next year), has received some enthusiastic ... «The Globe and Mail, Jan 15»
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Virtuous veganism for health, beauty and pleasure
My energy levels increased dramatically, my skin was more luminous, and I was left revelling in a self-satisfied haze of leafy liberation. Kebab? What kebab? «The Ecologist, Nov 14»
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Haifa Mayor Slams 'Fat, Self-Satisfied Tel Aviv Ghetto'
Haifa Mayor Slams 'Fat, Self-Satisfied Tel Aviv Ghetto'. Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav accused Tel Aviv residents of 'building a new ghetto with their own hands.'. «Arutz Sheva, Oct 14»
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LSU frat fight captured by man with most self-satisfied grin ever
In a video posted on Reddit with the title, “When White People Fight,” a black man can be seen taking a “selfie” while members of what appears to be a fraternity ... «Raw Story, Sep 14»

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