contentment

con·tent·ment
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/kənˈtɛntmənt/

noun

The state or degree of being contented or satisfied.

Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

nouncontentment (usually uncountable, plural contentments)

plural contentments

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state or degree of being contented or satisfied.

    Then they got out their boat from the boat-house, sculled down the river home, and at a very late hour sat down to supper in their own cosy riverside parlour, to the Rat's great joy and contentment.

    1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC
    1 more example

    […]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment.

    1620, Giovanni Bocaccio, translated by John Florio, The Decameron, Containing an Hundred Pleaſant Nouels: Wittily Diſcourſed, Betweene Seuen Honourable Ladies, and Three Noble Gentlemen, Isaac Iaggard, Nouell 8, The Eighth Day
  2. uncountableusuallyHappiness in one's situation; satisfaction
  3. uncountableusuallyThe neurophysiological experience of satisfaction and being at ease in one's situation, body, and/or mind.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounhappiness with one's situation in life

Broader
Also see

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Origin

  1. Middle Frenchcontentement
  2. Englishcontentment

From Middle French contentement. By surface analysis, content + -ment.

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Translations

Arabic رِضَا
  • رِضَا (riḍā)state or degree of being contented
Bulgarian задоволство
  • задоволство (zadovolstvo)state or degree of being contented
Esperanto kontento
  • kontentostate or degree of being contented
Finnish tyytyväisyys
  • tyytyväisyysstate or degree of being contented
French contentement
  • contentementstate or degree of being contented
German Zufriedenheit, Genügsamkeit
  • Zufriedenheitstate or degree of being contented
  • Genügsamkeitstate or degree of being contented
Greek ικανοποίηση
  • ικανοποίηση (ikanopoíisi)state or degree of being contented
Hindi संतुष्टि, संतोष
  • संतुष्टि (santuṣṭi)state or degree of being contented
  • संतोष (santoṣ)state or degree of being contented
  • तृप्ति (tŕpti)state or degree of being contented
Hungarian elégedettség, megelégedés
  • elégedettségstate or degree of being contented
  • megelégedésstate or degree of being contented
  • megelégedettségstate or degree of being contented
Irish sástacht, suáilceas
  • sástachtstate or degree of being contented
  • suáilceasstate or degree of being contented
Māori uruhautanga
  • uruhautangastate or degree of being contented
Polish zadowolenie
  • zadowoleniestate or degree of being contented
Portuguese contentamento, satisfação
  • contentamentostate or degree of being contented
  • satisfaçãostate or degree of being contented
Romanian satisfacție, mulțumire
  • satisfacțiestate or degree of being contented
  • mulțumirestate or degree of being contented
Russian удовлетворённость
  • удовлетворённость (udovletvorjónnostʹ)state or degree of being contented
Scottish Gaelic suaimhneas
  • suaimhneasstate or degree of being contented
Spanish contentamiento, satisfacción
  • contentamientostate or degree of being contented
  • satisfacciónstate or degree of being contented
  • contenturastate or degree of being contented
  • contentezastate or degree of being contented
Turkish hoşnutluk, iktifa
  • hoşnutlukstate or degree of being contented
  • iktifastate or degree of being contented
Ukrainian задово́лення, задово́леність
  • задово́лення (zadovólennja)state or degree of being contented
  • задово́леність (zadovólenistʹ)state or degree of being contented
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