Ostentatious vs. Smug — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ostentatious and Smug
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Definitions
Ostentatious
Characterized by or given to ostentation.
Smug
Having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements
He was feeling smug after his win
Ostentatious
Of ostentation.
Smug
Exhibiting or feeling great or offensive satisfaction with oneself or with one's situation; self-righteously complacent
A smug look.
A smug critic.
Ostentatious
Intended to attract notice.
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Smug
Irritatingly pleased with oneself; offensively self-complacent, self-satisfied.
Kate looked extremely smug this morning.
Ostentatious
Of tawdry display; kitsch.
Smug
Showing smugness; showing self-complacency, self-satisfaction.
A smug look on her face
Ostentatious
Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful.
Far from being ostentatious of the good you do.
The ostentatious professions of many years.
Smug
(obsolete) Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
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Ostentatious
Intended to attract notice and impress others;
An ostentatious sable coat
Smug
To make smug, or spruce.
Ostentatious
Of a display that is tawdry or vulgar
Smug
To seize; to confiscate.
Smug
To hush up.
Smug
Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
They be so smug and smooth.
The smug and scanty draperies of his style.
A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow.
Smug
To make smug, or spruce.
Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair.
Smug
Marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction;
A smug glow of self-congratulation
