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Contented

Content; easy in mind; satisfied; quiet; willing.

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Complacent 84% connected

Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a complacent smile.

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Complacent 84% connected

Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a complacent smile.

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Satisfied 84% connected

of Satisfy

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Satisfied 84% connected

of Satisfy

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Self-complacent 84% connected

Satisfied with one's own character, capacity, and doings; self-satisfied.

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Self-complacent 84% connected

Satisfied with one's own character, capacity, and doings; self-satisfied.

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Self-satisfied 84% connected

Satisfied with one's self or one's actions; self-complacent.

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Self-satisfied 84% connected

Satisfied with one's self or one's actions; self-complacent.

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Smug 84% connected

Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.

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Smug 84% connected

Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.

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Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

See also 4

Happy 66% connected

Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture…

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Happy 66% connected

Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture…

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Content 92% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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