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self-satisfying

self-satisfying adjective: giving satisfaction to oneself.

Adjective

self-satisfying (comparative more self-satisfying, superlative most self-satisfying)

  1. Giving satisfaction to oneself.
    • When one has an intimate knowledge of a business it is easy—and to some extent self-satisfying—to find fault with the way it is run by those in charge.1959 November, “Talking of Trains: The anti-railway prejudice”, in Trains Illustrated, page 518

Forms of self-satisfying

comparativemore self-satisfying
superlativemost self-satisfying

Origin of self-satisfying

From self- + satisfying.

Questions about self-satisfying

What does self-satisfying mean?
Self-satisfying means giving satisfaction to oneself.
What part of speech is self-satisfying?
Self-satisfying is an adjective.

Words near self-satisfying in the dictionary

  1. self-sacrificingly
  2. self-same
  3. self-sames
  4. self-satisfaction
  5. self-satisfied
  6. self-satisfying
  7. self-saucing
  8. self-scan
  9. self-scanned
  10. self-scanning
  11. self-scans

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