dissatisfied

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/dɪsˈsætɪsˌfaɪd/

adjective

Feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment.

“We offer refunds to dissatisfied customers.”

Similar
unsatisfieddispleaseddisgruntleddiscontenteddiscontent
OriginEnglish satisfied ← Middle English satisfyed ← Latin dis- →
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Meanings

adjectivedissatisfied (comparative more dissatisfied, superlative most dissatisfied)

comparative more dissatisfied · superlative most dissatisfied · alternative disatisfied

  1. Feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment.
  2. Not satisfied (e.g. with the quality of something).

    We offer refunds to dissatisfied customers.

    1 more example

    The good news for dissatisfied users of Birmingham New Street is that none of these criticisms have gone unnoticed.

    2020 July 29, Paul Stephen, “A new collaboration centred on New Street”, in Rail, page 54
verb

alternative disatisfied

  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of dissatisfy

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
unsatisfieddispleased

adjectivein a state of sulky dissatisfaction

Similar
disgruntleddiscontenteddiscontent
Also see
discontentdiscontenteddisgruntledunhappy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Middle Englishsatisfien
  11. Middle Englishsatisfyed
  12. Englishsatisfied
  13. Englishdissatisfied

From dis- + satisfied.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic مُسْتَاء, سَاخِط
  • مُسْتَاء (mustāʔ)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • سَاخِط (sāḵiṭ)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • غَيْر رَاضٍ (ḡayr rāḍin)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • مُتَضَجِّر (mutaḍajjir)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
Bulgarian недово́лен, неудовлетворе́н
  • недово́лен (nedovólen)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • неудовлетворе́н (neudovletvorén)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
Catalan insatisfet, insatisfet
  • insatisfetfeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • insatisfetnot satisfied (with the quality of something)
Chinese Mandarin 不滿 /不满, 不滿足 /不满足
  • 不滿 /不满 (bùmǎn)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • 不滿足 /不满足 (bù mǎnzú)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • 不滿意 /不满意 (bù mǎnyì)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • 不平 (bùpíng)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • 不滿 /不满 (bùmǎn)not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • 不滿足 /不满足 (bù mǎnzú)not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • 不滿意 /不满意 (bù mǎnyì)not satisfied (with the quality of something)
Czech nespokojený, nespokojený
  • nespokojenýfeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • nespokojenýnot satisfied (with the quality of something)
Danish misfornøjet
  • misfornøjetfeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
Dutch ontevreden
  • ontevredenfeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
Finnish tyytymätön, tyytymätön
  • tyytymätönfeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • tyytymätönnot satisfied (with the quality of something)
French mécontent, insatisfait
  • mécontentfeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • insatisfaitnot satisfied (with the quality of something)
German unzufrieden, unbefriedigt
  • unzufriedenfeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • unbefriedigtfeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • nicht zufriedennot satisfied (with the quality of something)
Greek δυσαρεστημένος
  • δυσαρεστημένος (dysarestiménos)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
Hindi असंतुष्ट
  • असंतुष्ट (asantuṣṭ)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
Hungarian elégedetlen
  • elégedetlenfeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
Irish míshásta
  • míshástanot satisfied (with the quality of something)
Italian insoddisfatto, malcontento
  • insoddisfattofeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • malcontentofeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
Japanese 不満な, 不平な
  • 不満な (fuman na)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • 不平な (fuhei na)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
Korean 불만하다, 불평하다
  • 불만하다 (bulmanhada)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • 불평하다 (bulpyeonghada)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • 불만스럽다 (bulmanseureopda)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
Latin inexplētus, inexplētus
  • inexplētusfeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • inexplētusnot satisfied (with the quality of something)
Māori whakaahu
  • whakaahunot satisfied (with the quality of something)
Norwegian Bokmål misfornøyd, utilfreds
  • misfornøydfeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • utilfredsfeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • misfornøydnot satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • misnøydnot satisfied (with the quality of something)
Persian ناراضی
  • ناراضی (nârâzi)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
Polish niezadowolony
  • niezadowolonyfeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
Portuguese insatisfeito, insatisfeito
  • insatisfeitofeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • insatisfeitonot satisfied (with the quality of something)
Romanian nesatisfăcut, nemulțumit
  • nesatisfăcutfeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • nemulțumitfeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • nemulțumitnot satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • nesatisfăcutnot satisfied (with the quality of something)
Russian недово́льный, неудовлетворённый
  • недово́льный (nedovólʹnyj)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • неудовлетворённый (neudovletvorjónnyj)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • неудовлетворённый (neudovletvorjónnyj)not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • недово́льный (nedovólʹnyj)not satisfied (with the quality of something)
Slovak nespokojný
  • nespokojnýfeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
Spanish descontento, malcontento
  • descontentofeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • malcontentofeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • insatisfechofeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • insatisfechonot satisfied (with the quality of something)
Swedish missnöjd, missnöjd
  • missnöjdfeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • missnöjdnot satisfied (with the quality of something)
Turkish memnuniyetsiz, hoşnutsuz
  • memnuniyetsizfeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • hoşnutsuzfeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
Ukrainian незадово́лений
  • незадово́лений (nezadovólenyj)feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
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