Contentment
[kən'tentm(ə)nt] or [kən'tɛntmənt]
Definition
(v. t.) The state of being contented or satisfied; content.
(v. t.) The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice is impossible.
(v. t.) Gratification; pleasure; satisfaction.
Editor: Nell
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Satisfaction, ease, content.
Typist: Martha
Examples
- To the contentment of all he passed third in algebra, and got a French prize-book at the public Midsummer examination. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Beholding him in which glow of contentment, Mr. Guppy says, You are a man again, Tony! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When this mutual contentment and satisfaction can be obtained betwixt the master and scholar, I know not what more we can require of our philosophy. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Contentment still I crave, Because Thou savest such. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She was doing nothing with perfect contentment, and thinking herself charming. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- From such contentment poor Dorothea was shut out. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But while they in health sported about her, she could cherish contentment and hope. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I trod air; no doubt, no fear, no hope even, disturbed me; I clasped with my soul the fulness of contentment, satisfied, undesiring, beatified. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Chase away your idle fears; to you alone do I consecrate my life, and my endeavours for contentment. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Checker: Mattie