DISSATISFIED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dissatisfied mean? 

• DISSATISFIED (adjective)
  The adjective DISSATISFIED has 1 sense:

1. in a state of sulky dissatisfaction

  Familiarity information: DISSATISFIED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISSATISFIED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a state of sulky dissatisfaction

Synonyms:

disgruntled; dissatisfied

Similar:

discontent; discontented (showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing)

 Context examples 

Work of officers thorough, but quick. Want us off soon. At dark passed into Archipelago. On 13 July passed Cape Matapan. Crew dissatisfied about something. Seemed scared, but would not speak out.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I'll not be sentimental or dissatisfied, Mother.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

No; it was intended for the drawing-room; but my father was dissatisfied with the painting, and for some time it had no place.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

His face was as placid as before, though he was still alert, dissatisfied with what the feeble light had shown him of the woman's face.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

A question about whether an individual is or was dissatisfied with the appearance of their scar.

(Dissatisfied with Appearance of Scar, NCI Thesaurus)

He said little about the case, but from that little we gathered that he also was not dissatisfied at the course of events.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A response indicating that an individual is or has been generally dissatisfied or unhappy.

(Generally Dissatisfied and Unhappy, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual is or was dissatisfied with their body.

(Feel Dissatisfied with Body, NCI Thesaurus)

She felt, as she looked at Julia and Mr. Rushworth, that hers was not the only dissatisfied bosom amongst them: there was gloom on the face of each.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

St. John smiled slightly: still he was dissatisfied.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)