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Word entry · 11 letters

complacency

Best crossword clue

"Smug ease"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /kəmˈpleɪsənˌsiː/Part of speech nounSorted acccelmnopyStarts with CEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2O3M4P5L6A7C8E9N10C11Y

Definitions

  1. the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself

Word origin

Late Middle English complacence, from Late Latin complacentia. Compare French complaisance.

Used in a sentence

  • Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like in themselves.
  • "However, incidents such as the derailment at Walton-on-Thames clearly show us that there is no room for complacency."

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