Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The state or degree of being contented or satisfied.

    Zufriedenheit, Genügsamkeit

    удовлетворённостьudovletvorjónnostʹ

    задово́ленняzadovólennja, задово́леністьzadovólenistʹ

  2. (uncountable, usually)Happiness in one's situation; satisfaction

    happiness with one's situation in life

  3. (uncountable, usually)The neurophysiological experience of satisfaction and being at ease in one's situation, body, and/or mind.

Examples

21 sentences
  1. A look of contentment appeared on his face.

    ruНа его лице появилось выражение удовлетворенности.

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  2. Contentment is better than gold.

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  3. Everybody knows that happiness is in contentment.

    deJeder weiß, dass Genügsamkeit glücklich macht.

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  4. What’s the difference between happiness and contentment?

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  5. Being thankful is the key to contentment.

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Translations

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state or degree of being contented:

Origin

From Middle French contentement. By surface analysis, content + -ment.

From Middle French contentement. By surface analysis, content + -ment.

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Forms

plural: contentments
Singularcontentment

uncountable

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcontent

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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