Meanings
plural dissatisfactions
- countableuncountableUnhappiness or discontent.
Job dissatisfaction results in high turnover.
2 more examples
The coup was well-planned. Fuel was artificially held back so as to create shortages and dissatisfaction with Brotherhood rule. The old state-controlled unions mounted public sector strikes that further sabotaged the economy and annoyed people. Police-controlled thugs who had been used against the Tahrir Square demonstrations in 2011 came back into action.
2013 August 23, Jonathan Steele, “The west has little influence in Egypt”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 11, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2020, page 18The hypothesis that the strength of the relationship between ED pathology and body image dissatisfaction would be weaker in the autistic group was not supported.
2025 February 14, Heather Westwood, Will Mandy, Rebecca Brewer, “The Relationship Between Interoception, Alexithymia, Autistic Traits and Eating Pathology in Autistic Adults”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, →DOI - countableuncountableThe cause of such feelings.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe feeling of being displeased and discontent
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Englishsatisfaction
- Englishdissatisfaction
From dis- + satisfaction.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek δυσαρέστησις
- δυσαρέστησις (dusaréstēsis)unhappiness or discontent
Bulgarian недово́лство
- недово́лство (nedovólstvo)unhappiness or discontent
Catalan insatisfacció, descontentament
- insatisfaccióunhappiness or discontent
- descontentamentunhappiness or discontent
Chinese Mandarin 不滿 /不满, 不滿足 /不满足
- 不滿 /不满 (bùmǎn)unhappiness or discontent
- 不滿足 /不满足 (bù mǎnzú)unhappiness or discontent
- 不滿意 /不满意 (bù mǎnyì)unhappiness or discontent
- 不滿 /不满 (bùmǎn)cause of such feelings
- 不滿足 /不满足 (bù mǎnzú)cause of such feelings
- 不滿意 /不满意 (bù mǎnyì)cause of such feelings
Czech nespokojenost
- nespokojenostunhappiness or discontent
Danish utilfredshed
- utilfredshedunhappiness or discontent
Dutch ontevredenheid
- ontevredenheidunhappiness or discontent
Finnish tyytymättömyys, tyytymättömyyden aihe
- tyytymättömyysunhappiness or discontent
- tyytymättömyyden aihecause of such feelings
French insatisfaction, mécontentement
- insatisfactionunhappiness or discontent
- mécontentementunhappiness or discontent
German Unzufriedenheit
- Unzufriedenheitunhappiness or discontent
Greek δυσαρέσκεια, δυσαρέστηση
- δυσαρέσκεια (dysaréskeia)unhappiness or discontent
- δυσαρέστηση (dysaréstisi)unhappiness or discontent
Hebrew מורת רוח, חוסר סיפוק
- מורת רוחunhappiness or discontent
- חוסר סיפוקunhappiness or discontent
Hungarian elégedetlenség
- elégedetlenségunhappiness or discontent
Icelandic óánægja
- óánægjaunhappiness or discontent
Italian insoddisfazione, scontentezza
- insoddisfazioneunhappiness or discontent
- scontentezzaunhappiness or discontent
Japanese 不満, 不満足
- 不満 (fuman)unhappiness or discontent
- 不満足 (fumanzoku)unhappiness or discontent
Korean 불만, 불만족
- 불만 (bulman)unhappiness or discontent
- 불만족 (bulmanjok)unhappiness or discontent
Māori matangurunguru, nanu
- matangurunguruunhappiness or discontent
- nanuunhappiness or discontent
Norwegian utilfredshet, misnøye
- utilfredshetunhappiness or discontent
- misnøyeunhappiness or discontent
Polish niezadowolenie, niezadowolenie
- niezadowolenieunhappiness or discontent
- niezadowoleniecause of such feelings
Portuguese descontentamento, insatisfação
- descontentamentounhappiness or discontent
- insatisfaçãounhappiness or discontent
Romanian insatisfacție, nemulțumire
- insatisfacțieunhappiness or discontent
- nemulțumireunhappiness or discontent
- neplăcereunhappiness or discontent
Russian недово́льство, неудовлетворённость
- недово́льство (nedovólʹstvo)unhappiness or discontent
- неудовлетворённость (neudovletvorjónnostʹ)unhappiness or discontent
- неудовлетворённость (neudovletvorjónnostʹ)cause of such feelings
Spanish disgusto
- disgustounhappiness or discontent
Swedish missnöje
- missnöjeunhappiness or discontent
Ukrainian незадово́лення, невдово́леність
- незадово́лення (nezadovólennja)unhappiness or discontent
- невдово́леність (nevdovólenistʹ)unhappiness or discontent
- невдово́лення (nevdovólennja)unhappiness or discontent
Cite this entry
dissatisfaction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissatisfaction
“dissatisfaction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissatisfaction. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dissatisfaction,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissatisfaction.
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