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Dictionary: dis·sat·is·fac·tion   (dĭs-săt'ĭs-făk'shən) pronunciation
 
n.
  1. The condition or feeling of being displeased or unsatisfied; discontent.
  2. A cause of discontent.

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noun

    Unhappiness caused by the failure of one's hopes, desires, or expectations: disappointment, discontent, discontentment, disgruntlement, letdown, regret. See happy/unhappy.

 
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n

Definition: discontent, unhappiness
Antonyms: contentment, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction


 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A feeling of discontent.

pronunciation The crowd expressed their dissatisfaction by throwing rotten tomatoes and squishy bananas at the performers.

 
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Quotes:

"If we are suffering illness, poverty, or misfortune, we think we shall be satisfied on the day it ceases. But there too, we know it is false; so soon as one has got used to not suffering one wants something else." - Simone Weil

"As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death." - George Bernard Shaw

"A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings." - Don Marquis

"No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream." - King Jr. Martin Luther

"If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger." - Hubert H. Humphrey

"Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes." - Doug Horton

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Common misspelling(s) of dissatisfaction

  • disatisfaction

 
Translations: Dissatisfaction
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - utilfredshed

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontevredenheid, misnoegen

Français (French)
n. - mécontentement, insatisfaction

Deutsch (German)
n. - Unzufriedenheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δυσαρέσκεια, δυσανασχέτηση

Italiano (Italian)
insoddisfazione, malcontento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - descontentamento (m)

Русский (Russian)
неудовлетворение

Español (Spanish)
n. - descontento, insatisfacción

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - missnöje

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
不满, 不平

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 不滿, 不平

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 불만족

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 不満, 不平

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) استياء, عدم رضا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מורת רוח‬


 
 
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