All 3 Uses of
complacent
in
The Screwtape Letters
- Some ages are lukewarm and complacent, and then it is our business to soothe them yet faster asleep.†
Chpt 7complacent = unworried and satisfied
- Here again, our Philological Arm has done good work; try the word "complacency" on him.†
Chpt 15complacency = contentment (often unworried to a fault)
- If ... you let the idea of "we Christians" drop out altogether and merely make him complacent about "his set", you will produce not true spiritual pride but mere social vanity
Chpt 24 *complacent = contented (unworried and satisfied)
Definition:
contented (unworried and satisfied) -- often to a fault