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| Main Entry: | dissatisfied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discontented, unhappy |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, bothered, complaining, crabby*, critical, disaffected, disappointed, disgruntled, displeased, envious, faultfinding, fretful, frustrated, grumbling, grumpy*, insatiable, jaundiced, jealous, malcontent, offended, picky, plaintive, querulous, sulky, sullen, unsatisfied, begrudging, ennuied, fed-up, fretting, griping, grudging, irked, kvetching, malcontented, not satisfied, put-out, sniveling, unappeased, unassuaged, unfulfilled, ungratified, unsated, vexed |
| Notes: | only a person can be dissatisfied while an abstract thing can be unsatisfied (hunger) unsatisfied implies that a wish, need, or expectation that previously existed has not been satisfied; dissatisfied implies no such prior existence, but simply registers a failure to be satisfied |
| Antonyms: | contented, fulfilled, happy, pleased, satisfied, gratified |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dissatisfy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | displease |
| Synonyms: | anger, disappoint, disappoint, discontent, perturb |
| Main Entry: | disaffected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alienated, estranged |
| Synonyms: | antagonistic, discontented, disloyal, dissatisfied, hostile, indifferent, mutinous, rebellious, seditious, unfriendly, uncompliant, unsubmissive |
| Antonyms: | contented, happy, pleased |
| Main Entry: | disappointed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | let down, saddened |
| Synonyms: | aghast, beaten, complaining, crestfallen, defeated, depressed, despondent, disconcerted, discontented, discouraged, disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, dissatisfied, distressed, down, downcast, downhearted, frustrated, hopeless, unhappy, unsatisfied, upset, balked, chapfallen, down in the dumps, foiled, objecting, shot down, taken down, thwarted, vanquished, worsted |
| Antonyms: | delighted, excited, happy, pleased, satisfied |
| Main Entry: | disgruntled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhappy; critical |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, crabby, cranky, disappointed, discontent, discontented, displeased, dissatisfied, grouchy, grumpy, irritable, irritated, malcontent, peeved, peevish, petulant, put out, sulky, sullen, testy, bad tempered, bellyaching, crabbing, griping, grousing, kicking, kvetching, malcontented, uncontent, ungratified, vexed |
| Antonyms: | contented, happy, pleased, satisfied, uncritical |
| Main Entry: | fed up |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusted with |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, blasé, blue*, bored, depressed, discontented, dismal, dissatisfied, down, gloomy, glum, jaded, tired, weary, sated, satiated, sick and tired, surfeited, up to here |
| Antonyms: | happy, overjoyed, pleased |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grumpy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a bad mood |
| Synonyms: | bad-tempered, cantankerous*, crabby*, cross, crotchety, disgruntled, dissatisfied, grouchy*, grumbling, irritable, peevish, petulant, querulous, sulky, sullen, surly, testy, truculent, griping, pettish |
| Antonyms: | happy, nice, pleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irritable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad-tempered, crabby |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, cantankerous, carping, choleric, complaining, contentious, cross, crotchety, disputatious, dissatisfied, dyspeptic, fiery, fractious, fretful, gloomy, grouchy, grumbling, hasty, hot, huffy, hypercritical, irascible, moody, morose, peevish, petulant, plaintive, prickly, querulous, quick-tempered, sensitive, snappy, surly, tense, testy, touchy, bearish, brooding, crabbed, easily offended, exasperated, fretting, ill-humored, out of humor, oversensitive, resentful, snarling |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, nice |
| Main Entry: | querulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grouchy, hard to please |
| Synonyms: | cantankerous, captious, carping, censorious, complaining, critical, cross, crying, discontented, dissatisfied, edgy, fault-finding, fretful, grumbling, irritable, lamenting, petulant, plaintive, snappy, sour, testy, uptight, waspish, bearish, bemoaning, deploring, grousing, grumbly, huffy irascible*, out of sorts peevish*, scrappy, thin-skinned touchy*, wailing, waspy, whimpering, whining, whiny |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, easy-going |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ungrateful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not appreciative |
| Synonyms: | careless, demanding, dissatisfied, faultfinding, forgetful, grasping, grumbling, heedless, ingrate, insensible, oblivious, self-centered, selfish, thankless, unmindful, unnatural, unappreciative, unthankful |
| Antonyms: | appreciative, grateful, thankful |
| Main Entry: | displeased |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhappy |
| Synonyms: | angry, annoyed, disappointed, dissatisfied, vexed |
| Main Entry: | grumbling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discontented |
| Synonyms: | complaining, dissatisfied, grouchy, irritable, quibbling, sour, irked, moaning |
| Main Entry: | discontented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhappy |
| Synonyms: | blue, complaining, crabby, disaffected, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied, disturbed, fed up, fretful, malcontent, miserable, perturbed, picky, restless, upset, bitching, disquieted, exasperated, griping, kvetching, malcontented, ungratified, vexed |
| Antonyms: | content, contented, happy, pleased, satisfied |
| Main Entry: | chagrin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause displeasure |
| Synonyms: | abash, annoy, confuse, crush, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disgrace, dismay, displease, disquiet, dissatisfy, embarrass, humiliate, irk, irritate, mortify, peeve, perturb, shame, upset, vex |
| Antonyms: | delight, please, make happy |
| Main Entry: | disappoint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sadden, dismay; frustrate |
| Synonyms: | abort, baffle, balk, bungle, chagrin, circumvent, dash, deceive, delude, disconcert, dishearten, disillusion, dissatisfy, dumbfound, embitter, fail, foil, founder, hamper, hinder, leave in the lurch, let down, mislead, put out, tease, thwart, torment, vex, bring to naught, cast down, come to nothing, dash hopes, disenchant, disgruntle, fall down on, fall flat, fall short of, miscarry, not show, ruin prospects, stand up |
| Antonyms: | delight, excite, please, satisfy, make happy |
| Main Entry: | displease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make unhappy |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, anger, annoy, antagonize, bother, cap, chagrin, cool, curdle*, disappoint, discontent, disgust, disoblige, dissatisfy, enrage, exasperate, fret, frustrate, gall, hurt, incense, irk, irritate, nettle, offend, perplex, pique, play dirty, provoke, put out, repel, revolt, rile, roil, sound, turn off*, upset, vex, wing*, worry, zing*, cut to the quick, disgruntle |
| Antonyms: | appease, calm, compose, delight, humor, please, satisfy, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | let down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disappoint |
| Synonyms: | abandon, depress, disillusion, dissatisfy, fail, lower, pull down, take down, disenchant, fall short, leave in lurch, leave stranded |
| Antonyms: | benefit, satisfy |
| Main Entry: | put out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, irritate; inconvenience |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, anger, annoy, bother, burn, confound, discomfit, discommode, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disoblige, displease, dissatisfy, disturb, embarrass, exasperate, gall, get*, grate, harass, inflame, irk, nettle, perturb, provoke, rile, roil, trouble, vex, impose upon, incommode, put on the spot |
| Antonyms: | assuage, help, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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