Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
He grew complacent as the years rolled on and the money rolled in.
Unduly unworried or apathetic with regard to a need or problem.
He tried to paint his audience as complacent, yelling that if they weren't mad as hell then they weren't paying enough attention.
Borrowed from Latin complacēns (“very pleasing”), present participle of complacēre (“to please at the same time, be very pleasing”), from com- (“together”) + placēre (“to please”); see please and comp...
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