Word Meanings - DISSATISFACTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The state of being dissatisfied, unsatisfied, or discontented; uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or from disappointed wishes and expectations. The ambitious man has little happiness, but is subject to much uneasiness
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The state of being dissatisfied, unsatisfied, or discontented; uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or from disappointed wishes and expectations. The ambitious man has little happiness, but is subject to much uneasiness and dissatisfaction. Addison. Syn. -- Discontent; discontentment; displeasure; disapprobation; distaste; dislike.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISSATISFACTION)
- Disquietude
- Anxiety
- solicitude
- uneasiness
- embarrassment
- apprehension
- agitation
- disturbance
- commotion
- dissatisfaction
- Grudge
- Spite
- grievance
- aversion
- rancor
- hatred
- pique
- discontent
- refusal
- Umbrage
- Offence
- resentment
- jealousy
- displeasure
Related words: (words related to DISSATISFACTION)
- RANCOR
The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred. "To stint rancour and dissencioun." Chaucer. It would not be easy to conceive the passion, rancor, and malice of their tongues and hearts. Burke. Syn. -- - AGITATION
1. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation. 2. A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance - APPREHENSION
1. The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension. Sir T. Browne. 2. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped. 3. The act of grasping with the - GRUDGEONS; GURGEONS
Coarse meal. - SPITE
1. Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite. Pope. This is the deadly spite that angers. Shak. 2. Vexation; chargrin; mortification. Shak. In spite - SOLICITUDE
The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety. The many cares and great labors of worldly men, their solicitude and outward shows. Sir W. Raleigh. The mother looked at her with fond solicitude. - PIQUET
See PICKET - RANCOROUS
Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent. So flamed his eyes with rage and rancorous ire. Spenser. - DISCONTENT
Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. Jer. Taylor. Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet. Bunyan. - PIQUE
A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc. - HATRED
Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil. Syn. -- Odium; ill will; enmity; hate; animosity; malevolence; rancor; malignity; detestation; loathing; abhorrence; repugnance; antipathy. - AVERSION
1. A turning away. Adhesion to vice and aversion from goodness. Bp. Atterbury. 2. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance. Mutual aversion of races. Prescott. His rapacity had made him an object of - ANXIETY
A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium. Dunglison. Syn. -- Care; solicitude; foreboding; uneasiness; perplexity; disquietude; disquiet; trouble; apprehension; - DISTURBANCE
The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like. Blackstone. Syn. -- Tumult; brawl; commotion; turmoil; - OFFENCE
See OFFENSE - UNEASINESS
1. The quality or state of being uneasy; restlessness; disquietude; anxiety. 2. The quality of making uneasy; discomfort; as, the uneasiness of the road. Bp. Burnet. - COMMOTION
1. Disturbed or violent motion; agitation. commotion in the winds! Shak. 2. A popular tumult; public disturbance; riot. When ye shall hear of wars and commotions. Luke xxi. 9. 3. Agitation, perturbation, or disorder, of mind; heat; excitement. - GRUDGE
grouchier, grocier, groucier; cf. Icel. krytja to murmur, krutr a 1. To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the - DISCONTENTATION
Discontent. Ascham. - HATRACK
A hatstand; hattree. - PREAPPREHENSION
An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge. Sir T. Browne. - AGGRIEVANCE
Oppression; hardship; injury; grievance. - KSHATRIYA; KSHATRUYA
The military caste, the second of the four great Hindoo castes; also, a member of that caste. See Caste. - OVERANXIETY
The state of being overanxious; excessive anxiety. - UNEMBARRASSMENT
Freedom from embarrassment. - INAPPREHENSION
Want of apprehension.