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con·tent·ed

 (kən-tĕn′tĭd)
adj.
Satisfied with things as they are; content: a contented expression on the child's face.

con·tent′ed·ly adv.
con·tent′ed·ness n.
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contented

(kənˈtɛntɪd)
adj
accepting one's situation or life with equanimity and satisfaction
conˈtentedly adv
conˈtentedness n
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con•tent•ed

(kənˈtɛn tɪd)

adj.
satisfied; content.
[1515–25]
con•tent′ed•ly, adv.
con•tent′ed•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.contented - satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are; "a contented smile"
happy - enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage"
pleased - experiencing or manifesting pleasure
discontent, discontented - showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing; "saw many discontent faces in the room"; "was discontented with his position"
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contented

adjective satisfied, happy, pleased, content, comfortable, glad, cheerful, at ease, thankful, gratified, serene, at peace Whenever he returns to this place he is happy and contented.
troubled, uncomfortable, annoyed, uneasy, discontented, dissatisfied, pissed off (taboo slang), displeased
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Translations
راضِ، قانِع، مُكْتَفِ
spokojený
tilfreds
ánægîur
zadovoljen
hâlinden memnunhoşnut

contented

[kənˈtentɪd] ADJsatisfecho, contento
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contented

[kənˈtɛntɪd] adj [person] → content(e), satisfait(e)
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contented

, contentedly
adj, advzufrieden
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contented

[kənˈtɛntɪd] adj contented (with)contento/a (di), soddisfatto/a (di)
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content1

(kənˈtent) adjective
satisfied; quietly happy. He doesn't want more money – he's content with what he has.
noun
the state of being satisfied or quietly happy. You're on holiday – you can lie in the sun to your heart's content.
verb
to satisfy. As the TV's broken, you'll have to content yourself with listening to the radio.
conˈtented adjective
satisfied; quietly happy. a contented sigh.
conˈtentedly adverb
conˈtentment noun
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contented

a. satisfecho-a.
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References in classic literature ?
Contented, unambitious people are all very well in their way.
Some are blessed with a contented mind, some are wanderers by destiny.
The poor lieutenant was more peculiarly unhappy in this, that while he felt the effects of the enmity of his colonel, he neither knew, nor suspected, that he really bore him any; for he could not suspect an ill-will for which he was not conscious of giving any cause; and his wife, fearing what her husband's nice regard to his honour might have occasioned, contented herself with preserving her virtue without enjoying the triumphs of her conquest.