Complacent Definition
kəm-plāsənt
adjective
Satisfied with the current situation and unconcerned with changing it, often to the point of smugness.
American Heritage
Satisfied; esp., self-satisfied, or smug.
Webster's New World
Affable; complaisant.
Webster's New World
Apathetic with regard to an apparent need or problem.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- self-complacent
- self-satisfied
- self-approving
- overproud
- self-endeared
- self-congratulating
- self-assuming
- self-gratulatory
- serene
- self-assured
- calm
- smug
- satisfied
- egotistic
- confident
Origin of Complacent
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From Latin complacens (“very pleasing”), present participle of complacere (“to please at the same time, be very pleasing”), from com- (“together”) + placere (“to please”); see please and compare complaisant.
From Wiktionary
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Latin complacēns complacent- present participle of complacēre to please com- intensive pref. com– placēre to please plāk-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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