complacent

About 1.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.

   He grew complacent as the years rolled on and the money rolled in.

2. adjective 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.

Similar words

self-satisfied content contented smug self-congratulation arrogant happy self-congratulatory optimistic confident

Often followed by

and about in smile attitude or with as self

Word family

complacently