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How to pronounce “smug”

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Pronunciation guide for smug

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of smug with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Part 2: Scott Galloway’s Viral TED Talk on How the Old Are Stealing from the Young 35 minutes,found your comment about diabetes a bit smug.
Definition summary: irritatingly pleased with oneself; offensively self-complacent, self-satisfied.

Example 1 of 8

Part 2: Scott Galloway’s Viral TED Talk on How the Old Are Stealing from the Young 35 minutes,

found your comment about diabetes a bit smug.

[Adjective]
irritatingly pleased with oneself; offensively self-complacent, self-satisfied.
Showing smugness; showing self-complacency, self-satisfaction.
(obsolete) Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
[Verb]
(obsolete, transitive) To make smug, or spruce.
(intransitive) to adopt an offensively self-complacent expression.
(obsolete, transitive, slang) To seize; to confiscate.
(obsolete, transitive, slang) To hush up.
[Noun]
(obsolete, Anglo-Chinese) The smuggling trade.

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