HOW TO PRONOUNCE
complacent
/kəmˈpleɪsənt/
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Begin with a light kum, make the long a vowel in the second syllable prominent, and finish with an unstressed sent sound.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The team refused to become complacent.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does complacent mean?
adjective
- Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
- Unduly unworried or apathetic with regard to a need or problem.
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IPA pronunciation
/kəmˈpleɪsənt/
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She has with complacent firmness told me four different times that the dochther was ashleep and not wantin' to be disturbed.
The face of the little Catholic priest, which was commonly complacent and even comic, had suddenly become knotted with a curious frown.
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The men of the upper middle class commonly take a more complacent attitude towards devout observances than the men of the artisan class.
From these charming pictures they derive their complacent views of the beauty of motherhood and their confidence for the future of the race.
I know of nothing that makes one feel more complacent, in these July days, than to have his vegetables from his own garden.