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101 jolt
jolt [dʒəʊlt](a) (physically) secouer;∎ the passengers were jolted about in the bus les passagers étaient secoués dans le bus(b) (mentally) secouer, choquer;∎ to jolt sb into action secouer (les puces à) qn;∎ figurative the nation was jolted into action by the news cette nouvelle a poussé le pays à entrer en action;∎ figurative to jolt sb out of a depression faire sortir qn de son état dépressif d'un seul coup;∎ figurative that jolted him out of his smugness! ça lui a fait perdre sa belle suffisance d'un seul coup!cahoter; (plane) être secoué;∎ the Jeep ® jolted along the track la Jeep ® avançait en cahotant sur la piste;∎ to jolt forward (vehicle, train) s'ébranler avec une secousse;∎ his head jolted forward/back (on impact) sa tête a été rejetée en avant/en arrière;∎ to jolt to a stop (vehicle, train) s'arrêter en cahotant ou avec des à-coups3 noun(a) (jar) secousse f, coup m; (of vehicle) cahot m, secousse f, à-coup m; (of plane) secousse f; (of engine) à-coup m, secousse f;∎ the fall gave his spine a jolt dans sa chute, il a reçu un choc à la colonne vertébrale∎ to wake up with a jolt se réveiller en sursaut;∎ it gave me a bit of a jolt ça m'a fait un choc ou un coup -
102 priggishness
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Smugness — Smug ness, n. The quality or state of being smug. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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smugness — smug ► ADJECTIVE (smugger, smuggest) ▪ irritatingly pleased with oneself; self satisfied. DERIVATIVES smugly adverb smugness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «neat, spruce»; from Low German smuk pretty … English terms dictionary
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smugness — See smugly. * * * … Universalium
smugness — noun a) The state or quality of being smug. b) The result or product of being smug … Wiktionary
smugness — Synonyms and related words: Quakerishness, amour propre, autoeroticism, blandness, bovinity, butter, censoriousness, complacence, complacency, consequentiality, demureness, demurity, ego trip, fair words, false modesty, fulsomeness, glibness,… … Moby Thesaurus
smugness — n. quality of being smug, quality of being self satisfied, complacency … English contemporary dictionary
smugness — smug·ness … English syllables
smugness — See: smug … English dictionary
smugness — noun an excessive feeling of self satisfaction • Derivationally related forms: ↑smug • Hypernyms: ↑complacency, ↑complacence, ↑self complacency, ↑self satisfaction … Useful english dictionary