the TOTAL meaning/definition of the word--complacent?

Question

I used this word in a situation where I became too comfortable and admittedly lazy and there has been debate as to the meaning of the word.........it's a silly argument but I stand by my definition,dictionary's fail to give me the"meaning" I'm looking for-------have you ever heard a word that you can't define exactly but you know it's meaning?

I'm aware of these difinition's

Self satisfied, smug

: Satisfied with one's self....contented to a fault

eager to please:

but I need it used in a sentence or sonething like that

Answer 1

If you are complacent, you are very pleased with yourself and do not think that there is any reason for you to worry or to do anything about a situation.

Example : We cannot afford to be complacent about the problem of pollution. The government has taken a dangerously complacent attitude to the increase in unemployment.

Answer 2

Self satisfied, smug

Answer 3

Yes, it happens to me so much in literature. Its on the tip of my tongue but I just cant spit it out.

com·pla·cent /kəmˈpleɪsənt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kuhm-pley-suhnt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1.pleased, esp. with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
2.pleasant; complaisant.
[Origin: 1650–60; < L complacent- (s. of complacéns, prp. of complacére to take the fancy of, please, equiv. to com- com- + placére to please]

—Related forms
com·pla·cent·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. smug, unbothered, untroubled.

com·pla·cent (kəm-plā'sənt) Pronunciation Key
adj.

1. Contented to a fault; self-satisfied and unconcerned: He had become complacent after years of succes.
2. Eager to please; complaisant.

complacent

adj : contented to a fault; "he had become complacent after years of success"; "his self-satisfied dignity" [syn: self-satisfied]

complacent [kəmˈpleisnt] adjective
showing satisfaction with one's own situation
Example: a complacent attitude
Arabic: راضٍ عَن نَفْسِه
Chinese (Simplified): 自满的
Chinese (Traditional): 自滿的
Czech: spokojený
Danish: magelig; selvtilfreds
Dutch: zelfgenoegzaam
Estonian: enesega rahulolev
Finnish: itsetyytyväinen
French: suffisant
German: selbstzufrieden
Greek: αυτάρεσκος
Hungarian: önelégült
Icelandic: sjálfsánægður
Indonesian: puas
Italian: compiaciuto

Japanese: ひとりよがりの
Korean: 만족해 하는
Latvian: pašapmierināts
Lithuanian: savimi patenkintas
Norwegian: selvgod, rolig og tilfreds
Polish: zadowolony
Portuguese (Brazil): vaidoso, cheio de si
Portuguese (Portugal): convencido
Romanian: satisfăcător, mulţumitor
Russian: самодовольный
Slovak: samoľúby
Slovenian: samozadovoljen
Spanish: satisfecho de sí mismo, suficiente
Swedish: belåten, nöjd
Turkish: halinden memnnun

Answer 4

Contented TO A FAULT; self-satisfied and unconcerned:
He had become complacent after years of success.
He was so complacent that he didn't bother to strive to do better at his job.

Eager to please; complaisant.

Synonyms are:satisfied, self-satisfied, smug, content, contented, self-righteous

Answer 5

IN BRIEF: Satisfied with one's self.

contented to a fault
Synonym: self-satisfied

Answer 6

Get more a GOOD DICTIONARY that includes a lexicon so you can also look up word origins or do what I di and also study Latin

Comfortable in place and too lazy to move. Now get off your *** and look again

Answer 7

com·pla·cent [kəm pláyss’nt]
adj
1. satisfied: self-satisfied, usually in an unreflective way and without being aware of possible dangers
2. eager to please: eager to please


[Mid-17th century. From Latin complacent- , the present participle stem of complacere , literally “to please very much,” from placere (see placid). The word’s original sense was “pleasing.”]


-com·pla·cen·cy, n
-com·pla·cent·ly, adv

Answer 8

content; smugly self-sufficient