contentment
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con·tent·ment
(kən-tĕnt′mənt)n.
1. The state of being contented; satisfaction.
2. A source of satisfaction: the contentments of a comfortable retirement.
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con•tent•ment
(kənˈtɛnt mənt)n.
1. the state of being contented.
2. something that contents.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French]
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Contentment
- (There she lay) as complacently feminine as a turtle-dove —Christopher Isherwood
- Content as a Parsee priestess who had duly paid her morning devotions to the deity —Israel Zangwill
- Content as a tick sitting quietly on a tree and living off a tiny drop of blood plundered years before —Patrick Suskind
- (She wanted us to be as) content as trees in a rain forest —Max Apple
- Contented as a baby on a schedule —Hollis Summers
- Contented as a cobra full of warm milk —Rupert Hughes
- Content … like a little white kitty in a basket —Eudora Welty
- Feel rewarded, like a gardener who’s cutting roots —Margaret Sutherland
- Hummed … like a cook with things coming out right —William Beechcroft
- Like jellyfish that lie beneath the warm ocean waters here [Hilton Head] there is discontent beneath the surface bonhomie (of the governors’ annual conference) —David Shieman, Wall Street Journal August 26, 1986
- (She prospered and could expect to prosper more … but) like someone in exile, uncertain of deliverance, she was restless and dissatisfied —Robert Henson
- Looked about as satisfied as a millionaire’s mistress —William Beechcroft
- Mood of complacency … like a man who, having been under dire threat of burglary, suddenly increases his insurance and changes all the locks on his house and is convinced that these emergencies will make him for ever immune —H. E. Bates
- Pleased as a cat with two tails —American colloquialism, attributed to New England
A common variation: “Proud as a dog with two tails.”
- Psyche … topped up like the tanks of the automobiles —Frank Conroy
The simile from Conroy’s novel, Stop-Time, refers to more than one automobile because the scene is in a gas station. Removed from this context, “Topped up like the tank of an automobile” would have the same meaning.
- Satisfying as getting a refund on your income tax —Anon
- Sitting pretty, like a batter with three balls and no strikes against him —James Thurber
See Also: BASEBALL
- Take it (killing and bloodshed) in like the sun shines and the rain falls —Eileen O’Casey
- Wears contentment like a wreath —Barbara Howes
- When people abhor what they cannot comprehend, they are like those burning with fever, to whom the choicest food is unpalatable —Kahlil Gibran
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Noun | 1. | contentment - happiness with one's situation in life happiness - emotions experienced when in a state of well-being satisfaction - the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation; "the chef tasted the sauce with great satisfaction" discontent, discontentedness, discontentment - a longing for something better than the present situation |
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contentment
noun satisfaction, peace, content, ease, pleasure, comfort, happiness, fulfilment, gratification, serenity, equanimity, gladness, repletion, contentedness I cannot describe the feeling of contentment that was with me at that time.
discomfort, discontent, dissatisfaction, unhappiness, displeasure, uneasiness, discontentment
discomfort, discontent, dissatisfaction, unhappiness, displeasure, uneasiness, discontentment
Quotations
"Poor and content is rich and rich enough" [William Shakespeare Othello]
"Poor and content is rich and rich enough" [William Shakespeare Othello]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
رِضى، قَناعَه، إكْتِفاء، إطْمِئْنان
spokojenost
tilfredshed
ánægja
gönül rahatlığımemnuniyet
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
contentment
[kənˈtɛntmənt] n → contentement m, satisfaction fcontent provider n → fournisseur m de contenucontents insurance [ˌkɒntɛntsɪnˈʃʊərəns] n → assurance f de patrimoine mobiliercontents page [ˌkɒntɛntsˈpeɪdʒ] n (in book) → table f des matièresCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
contentment
n → Zufriedenheit f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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 adverbconˈtentment noun
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