Crossword clues for dissatisfaction
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dissatisfaction \Dis*sat`is*fac"tion\, n. The state of being dissatisfied, unsatisfied, or discontented; uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or from disappointed wishes and expectations.
The ambitious man has little happiness, but is subject
to much uneasiness and dissatisfaction.
--Addison.
Syn: Discontent; discontentment; displeasure; disapprobation; distaste; dislike.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1630s; see dis- + satisfaction.
Wiktionary
n. 1 unhappiness or discontent 2 the cause of such feelings
WordNet
n. the feeling of being displeased and discontent; "he was never slow to express his dissatisfaction with the service he received" [ant: satisfaction]
Usage examples of "dissatisfaction".
Lou Calabrese smiled, Jack was surprised to see, her face went from being merely pretty to downright beautiful, something he had never before had occasion to notice, since Lou generally wore a look of extreme dissatisfaction while watching him perform the role of Detective Logan.
I who, owing to my boundless vanity, and hence also my exactingness towards myself, very often looked upon myself with furious dissatisfaction, reaching the point of loathing, and therefore mentally attributed my view to everyone else.
Much dissension and dissatisfaction then arose within the Fenian Councils.
Tora Bora was going, Franks voiced to his staff dissatisfaction with Lieutenant General Paul Mikolashek, his successor at Third Army, who was overseeing the land war in Afghanistan from Camp Doha, Kuwait.
The dissatisfaction that this created among the samurai of Tosa and Hizen was transformed into a national issue in the Korean invasion crisis of 1873.
When Terrel asked about the reasons for his dissatisfaction, Laevo told him that since Prince Jax had come to power, both the local underseers and detachments of the army were being used to monitor performances.
All the great Orders arose from dissatisfaction with the priests: that of the Franciscans with priestly snobbery, that of the Dominicans with priestly laziness and Laodiceanism, that of the Jesuits with priestly apathy and ignorance and indiscipline.
A big crowd of excited Luxembourgers filled the streets in the morning and gave every sign of extreme dissatisfaction.
There is unrest among the Mongs, and dissatisfaction, but the Tamburs have ruled them for a thousand years and no one yet has courage to go against them.
Her father, Colin Songsmith, the noted minstrel, had attended the first town council where the villagers had mentioned their dissatisfaction with the arrangements.
Sir George Farrer and his brother were among the first of the Adventurers, but withdrew themselves and their subscriptions very early, on account of some dissatisfaction.
I knew little about Gillian and not much more about Ashton and, although the policemen were polite, I sensed an increasing dissatisfaction.
Or could it be in that delirious sky over Baghdad, with white streaks and flares whirling in the electric blue of the nightscope like a kind of strange cellular activity, the darting of sperm in an inky womb, the mysterious associations of organelles, that some magic had been at work, infecting those who fought beneath it with unending dissatisfaction?
Many of the government annuitants expressed dissatisfaction against the directors.
When your lordship found yourself in need of a valet, I applied for the post, being confident—with all respect, my lord—that though your lordship might affect a carelessness that one is bound to deplore, the figure, face, hands—your lordship’s whole person, in short—were so exactly proportioned as to render the apparelling of your lordship a work of pleasure unmarred by any feeling of dissatisfaction.