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Antonyms for complacency
kəmˈpleɪ sən si; -sənscom·pla·cen·cy

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 3 votes

  1. complacency

    Antonyms:
    displeasure, grudge, irritation, offense, pique, resentment, umbrage

    Synonyms:
    approval, contentment, delight, gratification, pleasure, satisfaction

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. complacency, complacence, self-complacency, self-satisfactionnoun

    the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself

    "his complacency was absolutely disgusting"

    Synonyms:
    self-satisfaction, self-complacency, complacence

How to use complacency in a sentence?

  1. Glenn Grothman:

    Wake up FCC and begin to do your job, the moral decline of America is partly due to your utter complacency.

  2. Rory McIlroy:

    It’s just about resetting your goals, just trying to keep improving as a player, try to not let complacency creep in at any point, i think at times when you get successful and you maybe enjoy a little bit of that success, that complacency can creep in.

  3. Brad Parscale:

    What this ad shows is things are getting better. We need to continue to vote Republican and to continue to move forward with the president's agenda, sometimes success can bring complacency. We have to go remind them. We have to remind them that the economy is not just a given in the United States. It actually takes work.

  4. Health Minister Tawfiq al-Rabiah:

    We have unfortunately in recent days registered a noticeable increase and continued rise in infections. One of the main reasons is gatherings and complacency with precautionary measures, lack of compliance will force us to take measures to protect society.

  5. Patrick Reyes:

    HMU if you're interested in organizing to amplify the voices of those being deliberately silenced, cOVID shouldn't foster complacency.

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#18131irritation
#27532resentment
#32033grudge
#33441pique
#42263complacency
#48141displeasure
#128213umbrage

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