English-Dutch translations for self-satisfied

• zelfingenomen
  Het beeld van zelfingenomen politici die elkaar de handen schudden, is voor de gewone burger vaak een veeg teken, zeker in het oosten. The sight of self-satisfied politicians shaking hands has generally been a bad omen for the average citizen, especially in the East.
  Dit mag dan zelfingenomen klinken, we zijn wel hier om het Europese electoraat te vertegenwoordigen en wat dat aangaat hebben we onze doelen bereikt. If that sounds self-satisfied, so be it, but we are here to represent the wider European electorate and, in that respect, we have achieved our aims.

Definition of self-satisfied

• Satisfied with oneself, especially over-satisfied; smug; slightly arrogant

Examples

• He stood back and looked at his project with a self-satisfied expression

Related words

• self-seeker
• self-seeking
• self-service
• self-sufficient
• self-sufficiency
• self-sustaining
• self-satisfaction
• self-sealing
• self-serving