DISSATISFACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dissatisfaction mean? 

• DISSATISFACTION (noun)
  The noun DISSATISFACTION has 1 sense:

1. the feeling of being displeased and discontent

  Familiarity information: DISSATISFACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISSATISFACTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The feeling of being displeased and discontent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Context example:

he was never slow to express his dissatisfaction with the service he received

Hypernyms ("dissatisfaction" is a kind of...):

discontent; discontentedness; discontentment (a longing for something better than the present situation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dissatisfaction"):

boredom; ennui; tedium (the feeling of being bored by something tedious)

displeasure (the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something)

disappointment; letdown (a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized)

Antonym:

satisfaction (the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation)

Derivation:

dissatisfy (fail to satisfy)

 Context examples 

Judge Scott still held to the same opinion, and proved it to everybody's dissatisfaction by measurements and descriptions taken from the encyclopaedia and various works on natural history.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Mrs. Micawber's family have been so good as to express their dissatisfaction at this state of things.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

At the end of the first dance, Captain Tilney came towards them again, and, much to Catherine's dissatisfaction, pulled his brother away.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Though in his sixty-sixth year, I have never heard him express any dissatisfaction at the occasional hardships which we have had to encounter.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There every little dissatisfaction that had occurred before came to a crisis.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

As explained by Laura Miccoli, main author of this study, adolescence, typically associated with greater body dissatisfaction, is a key stage for the development of risky eating behaviors, related both to uncontrolled restrictions on food intake –which may lead to to the development of eating disorders– and with the stabilization of overweight and obesity.

(Obesity and food restrictions proven to be associated with less food enjoyment, University of Granada)

Both tone and shadow struck Amy, for she had seen and heard them before, and now she looked up in time to catch a new expression on Laurie's face—a hard bitter look, full of pain, dissatisfaction, and regret.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Their opportunity of acquaintance in the house of Mr. Pratt was a foundation for the rest, at once indisputable and alarming; and Edward's visit near Plymouth, his melancholy state of mind, his dissatisfaction at his own prospects, his uncertain behaviour towards herself, the intimate knowledge of the Miss Steeles as to Norland and their family connections, which had often surprised her, the picture, the letter, the ring, formed altogether such a body of evidence, as overcame every fear of condemning him unfairly, and established as a fact, which no partiality could set aside, his ill-treatment of herself.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

It appeared first in a general dissatisfaction with everybody about her, while she remained in the rooms, which speedily brought on considerable weariness and a violent desire to go home.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Laurie reached the goal first and was quite satisfied with the success of his treatment, for his Atlanta came panting up with flying hair, bright eyes, ruddy cheeks, and no signs of dissatisfaction in her face.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)