contentment

Collocations

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1

(noun.)

ADJ

deep, quiet, real, true

She smiled with quiet contentment as she watched her children play in the garden.

VERB + CONTENTMENT

find

After years of traveling, she found contentment in her quiet garden at home.

PREP

with ~

He smiled with contentment as he watched his children play in the garden.

PHRASES

a feeling of contentment

Definitions

noun

1

The state or degree of being contented or satisfied.

[…]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment.

Then they got out their boat from the boat-house, sculled down the river home, and at a very late hour sat down to supper in their own cosy riverside parlour, to the Rat's great joy and contentment.

2

Happiness in one's situation; satisfaction

3

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

discontentment
discontent
discontentedness

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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[…]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fe

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02

Then they got out their boat from the boat-house, sculled down the river home, and at a very late hour sat down to supper in their own cosy riverside parlour, to the Rat's great joy and contentment.

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03

Happiness consists of contentment.

Tatoeba · #240786

04

Happiness lies in contentment.

Tatoeba · #240816

05

Everybody knows that happiness is in contentment.

Tatoeba · #240833

06

A jealous person gets a feeling of contentment by behaving like a dog in the manger even with his friends.

Tatoeba · #265009