The feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself:
— His complacency was absolutely disgusting.
synonyms: complacence, self-complacency, self-satisfaction.
Roget 894:
courtesy;
respect
etc.
928;
good manners,
good behavior,
good breeding;
manners;
politeness
etc.
adj.;
bienseance,
urbanity,
comity,
gentility,
breeding,
polish,
presence;
civility,
civilization;
amenity,
suavity;
good temper,
good humor;
amiability,
easy temper,
complacency,
soft tongue,
mansuetude;
condescension
etc.
(humility)
879;
affability,
complaisance,
pr_evenance,
amability†,
gallantry;
pink of politeness,
pink of courtesy.
compliment;
fair words,
soft words,
sweet words;
honeyed phrases,
ceremonial salutation,
reception,
presentation,
introduction,
accueil†,
greeting,
recognition;
welcome,
abord†,
respects,
devoir,
regards,
remembrances;
kind regards,
kind remembrances;
love,
best love,
duty;
empty encomium,
flattering remark,
hollow commendation;
salaams.
obeisance
etc.
(reverence)
928;
bow,
courtesy,
curtsy,
scrape,
salaam,
kotow†,
kowtow,
bowing and scraping;
kneeling;
genuflection
etc.
(worship)
990;
obsequiousness
etc.
886;
capping,
shaking hands,
etc.
v.;
grip of the hand,
embrace,
hug,
squeeze,
accolade,
loving cup,
vin d'honneur [Fr.],
pledge;
love token
etc.
(endearment)
902;
kiss,
buss,
salute.
mark of recognition,
nod;
nods and becks and wreathed smiles"
[Milton];
valediction
etc.
293;
condolence
etc.
915.
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Roget 827:
pleasure,
gratification,
enjoyment,
fruition;
oblectation,
delectation,
delection†;
relish,
zest;
gusto
etc.
(physical pleasure)
377;
satisfaction
etc.
(content)
831;
complacency.
well-being;
good
etc.
618;
snugness,
comfort,
ease;
cushion
etc.
215;
sans souci [Fr.],
without worry,
mind at ease.
joy,
gladness,
delight,
glee,
cheer,
sunshine;
cheerfulness
etc.
836.
treat,
refreshment;
amusement
etc.
840;
luxury
etc.
377.
mens sana in corpore sano [Lat.]
[Juvenal],
a sound mind in a sound body.
happiness,
felicity,
bliss;
beatitude,
beautification;
enchantment,
transport,
rapture,
ravishment,
ecstasy;
summum bonum [Lat.];
paradise,
elysium
etc.
(heaven)
981;
third heaven†,
seventh heaven,
cloud nine;
unalloyed happiness
&c.;
hedonics†,
hedonism.
honeymoon;
palmy days,
halcyon days;
golden age,
golden time;
Dixie,
Dixie's land;
Saturnia regna [Lat.],
Arcadia†,
Shangri-La,
happy valley,
Agapemone†.
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Roget 831:
content,
contentment,
contentedness;
complacency,
satisfaction,
entire satisfaction,
ease,
heart's ease,
peace of mind;
serenity
etc.
826;
cheerfulness
etc.
836;
ray of comfort;
comfort
etc.
(well-being)
827.
reconciliation;
resignation
etc.
(patience)
826.
[person who is contented]
waiter on Providence.
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Dutch: welbehagen, inschikkelijkheid, zelfvoldaanheid, zelftevredenheid, genoegzaamheid, zelfgenoegzaamheid
Polish: samozadowolenie