| Main Entry: | discontented/discontent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhappy, dissatisfied |
Synonyms: |
blue, complaining, crabby, disaffected, disgruntled, displeased, disquieted, disturbed, exasperated, fed up, fretful, griping, kvetching, malcontent, malcontented, miserable, perturbed, picky, restless, ungratified, upset, vexed |
Antonyms: |
content, contented, happy, patient, pleased, satisfied, uncomplaining |
| Main Entry: | disgruntled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhappy; critical |
Synonyms: |
annoyed, bad tempered, bellyaching, crabbing, crabby, cranky, disappointed, discontent, discontented, displeased, dissatisfied, griping, grouchy, grousing, grumpy, irritable, irritated, kicking, kvetching, malcontent, malcontented, peeved, peevish, petulant, put out, sulky, sullen, testy, uncontent, ungratified, vexed |
Antonyms: |
contented, happy, pleased, satisfied, uncritical |
| Main Entry: | dissatisfied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discontented, unhappy |
Synonyms: |
annoyed, begrudging, bothered, complaining, crabby, critical, disaffected, disappointed, disgruntled, displeased, ennuied, envious, faultfinding, fed-up, fretful, fretting, frustrated, griping, grudging, grumbling, grumpy*, insatiable, irked, jaundiced, jealous, kvetching, malcontent, malcontented, not satisfied, offended, picky, plaintive, put-out, querulous, sniveling, sulky, sullen, unappeased, unassuaged, unfulfilled, ungratified, unsated, unsatisfied, 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, gratified, happy, pleased, satisfied |
| Main Entry: | frustrated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disappointed, thwarted |
Synonyms: |
balked, crabbed, cramped, crimped, defeated, discontented, discouraged, disheartened, embittered, foiled, fouled up, hung up on, irked, resentful, stonewalled, stymied, through the mill, ungratified, unsated, unslaked, up the wall |
Antonyms: |
encourage, fulfilled, inspirited, stimulated, uplifted |
| Main Entry: | discontented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhappy |
Synonyms: |
bitching, blue, complaining, crabby, disaffected, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, disquieted, dissatisfied, disturbed, exasperated, fed up, fretful, griping, kvetching, malcontent, malcontented, miserable, perturbed, picky, restless, ungratified, upset, vexed |
Antonyms: |
content, contented, happy, pleased, satisfied |