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DISSATISFIED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a state of sulky dissatisfaction
Synonyms:
disgruntled; dissatisfied
Classified under:
Similar:
discontent; discontented (showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb dissatisfy
Context examples:
"I am sure," replied Elinor, with a smile, "that his dearest friends could not be dissatisfied with such commendation as that. I do not perceive how you could express yourself more warmly."
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
I have no reason, I assure you, said he, to be dissatisfied with my reception.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
He was dissatisfied with Mr. Butler's career.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
This volume would have been at least twice as large, if I had not made bold to strike out innumerable passages relating to the winds and tides, as well as to the variations and bearings in the several voyages, together with the minute descriptions of the management of the ship in storms, in the style of sailors; likewise the account of longitudes and latitudes; wherein I have reason to apprehend, that Mr. Gulliver may be a little dissatisfied.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
I confess that the guilt of the banker’s son appeared to me to be as obvious as it did to his unhappy father, but still I had such faith in Holmes’ judgment that I felt that there must be some grounds for hope as long as he was dissatisfied with the accepted explanation.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I am happy to report this, for many Aquarians have written to me on Twitter and Instagram (I am @astrologyzone) saying that they were either dissatisfied with their present jobs and frustrated that they couldn’t find a new job, or they reported that they were unable to get work after having been downsized.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
He spoke, I thought, as if he were weary, or dissatisfied with something; but I did not pursue the question in my mind, for dinner was just then announced, and we went down and took the same seats as before.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
This crew's dissatisfied; this crew don't vally bullying a marlin-spike; this crew has its rights like other crews, I'll make so free as that; and by your own rules, I take it we can talk together.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Miss Dashwoods had no greater reason to be dissatisfied with Mrs. Jennings's style of living, and set of acquaintance, than with her behaviour to themselves, which was invariably kind.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
I watched her for nearly half-an-hour: during all that time she never turned a page, and her face grew momently darker, more dissatisfied, and more sourly expressive of disappointment.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
