Dissatisfaction
[dɪssætɪs'fækʃn] or [dɪs'sætɪs'fækʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the feeling of being displeased and discontent; 'he was never slow to express his dissatisfaction with the service he received'.
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Definition
(n.) The state of being dissatisfied, unsatisfied, or discontented; uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or from disappointed wishes and expectations.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Discontent, uneasiness, inquietude.[2]. Displeasure, distaste, dislike, disapprobation.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See SATISFACTION]
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Examples
- Wandering seemed to her like restlessness, dissatisfaction. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I did not then know that he had witnessed double cause for dissatisfaction with Miss Fanshawe. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- If a feeling of dissatisfaction ever crossed her, it arose from the idea that he was not perfectly happy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mrs. Bulstrode said no more, attributing some dissatisfaction which she felt to her own want of spirituality. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mrs. Micawber's family have been so good as to express their dissatisfaction at this state of things. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There was no talking back, no dissatisfaction about overcharging, no grumbling about anything. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- NOW, Mr Fledgeby,' said Lammle, as before; 'am I to understand that you in any way reflect upon me, or hint dissatisfaction with me, in this affair? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The History of Herodotus displays little or no dissatisfaction with Athenian political institutions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These dinners were delightful; but even here Margaret's dissatisfaction found her out. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- This is implied in the reductio ad absurdum that 'justice is a thief,' and in the dissatisfaction which Socrates expresses at the final result. Plato. The Republic.
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