What are some opposite words for complacency?
Antonyms for complacency
kəmˈpleɪ sən si; -sənscom·pla·cen·cy
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term complacency.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
complacency
Antonyms:
displeasure, grudge, irritation, offense, pique, resentment, umbrageSynonyms:
approval, contentment, delight, gratification, pleasure, satisfaction
Princeton's WordNet
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?
Wake up FCC and begin to do your job, the moral decline of America is partly due to your utter complacency.
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.
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.
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.
HMU if you're interested in organizing to amplify the voices of those being deliberately silenced, cOVID shouldn't foster complacency.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#7144 | offense | |
#18131 | irritation | |
#27532 | resentment | |
#32033 | grudge | |
#33441 | pique | |
#42263 | complacency | |
#48141 | displeasure | |
#128213 | umbrage |
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