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contented

[kuhn-ten-tid]

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adjective

content.

Origin:
1515–25; content² + -ed²

Related forms

con·tent·ed·ly, adverb

con·tent·ed·ness, noun

half-con·tent·ed, adjective

half-con·tent·ed·ly, adverb

half-con·tent·ed·ness, noun

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o·ver·con·tent·ed, adjective

o·ver·con·tent·ed·ly, adverb

o·ver·con·tent·ed·ness, noun

qua·si-con·tent·ed, adjective

qua·si-con·tent·ed·ly, adverb

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Synonyms
gratified, pleased, happy.

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Example Sentences

Eating it led to sighs and raised eyebrows, contented silence.

Political apathy is not always a bad sign: it can indicate a contented electorate.

He led her to his kingdom where he was joyfully received, and they lived for a long time afterwards, happy and contented.

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Eating it led to sighs and raised eyebrows, contented silence.

Political apathy is not always a bad sign: it can indicate a contented electorate.

He led her to his kingdom where he was joyfully received, and they lived for a long time afterwards, happy and contented.

Americans have their faults but one of them is not contented cow syndrome.

Endless hours of contented nibbling and pecking lie ahead.

While running, an image of a contented cat is displayed on the phone's screen.

If you settle down in a small town, you can join a club and enjoy a life of contented tennis polygamy.

Stroll around the place-past luxury yachts and manicured gardens-and the impression is one of contented prosperity.

For several years the company hummed along in a contented and profitable manner.

She's emphatically contented in that and the three other new tracks that start the album, and she's got a lot to be proud of.

Contented estate agents report that property prices are still rising.

But then a lot of people become contented with that, rather than pushing themselves to making something that sounds great.

She felt contented and soothed as she imagined the baby growing inside.

When you wait for people to review off their own back, more angry/disappointed people do so than contented people.

Below the caption he shows a contented figure in a bare room, stuffing handfuls of fuzz into his line-straight mouth.

But the people who run the business seem far from contented.

She would hum and sing and even burble in a contented way.

He considers his contented workers the reason for his success.

It happens that the animals which have such fat are the product of extensive, slow-grown rearing-and so have led a contented life.

Pain is subjective and matters desperately, as does the enjoyment of a contented life.

Does one need to be a millionaire or a billionaire to feel rich, happy and contented.

The data, such as they exist, indicate that religious people are more contented.

Her eyes are closed, and a contented smile runs across her faceShe is standing amid a tangle of wires.

Not contented with his five-hundred-pound gold cup as.

He makes cute little contented noises every now and then to show he's enjoying it and finally he…he…he's not wet anymore.

Utah was not here to lose and leave with a contented feeling.

It should not be a surprise to learn that contented babies grow into creative, capable and contented adults.

Her honor does not permit infidelity, and her husband is contented enough in his childless marriage.

He could not enjoy fame, not convert fleeting riches into a contented social integration.

They sound alike, with a contented buzz of conversation blending into some form of elevator jazz on the sound system.

Very loud in the barrooms up front, giving way to a contented roar in back.

They are, it is also more obvious on film than in words, both a serenely contented couple and in love.

He was feeling contented and mischievous and also a little drunk.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

adjective

satisfied with what one is or has; not wanting more or anything else.

British. agreeing; assenting.

Archaic. willing.

verb (used with object)

to make content: These things content me.

noun

the state or feeling of being contented; contentment: His content was threatened.

(in the British House of Lords) an affirmative vote or voter.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin contentus satisfied, special use of past participle of continēre; see content¹

Related forms

con·tent·a·ble, adjective

con·tent·ly, adverb

con·tent·ness, noun

Synonyms
4. appease, gratify. See satisfy.

Antonyms
4. dissatisfy.

Link To contented

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World English Dictionary

contented (kənˈtɛntɪd)

—*adj*
	accepting one's situation or life with equanimity and satisfaction

con'tentedly

—*adv*

con'tentedness

—n

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Word Origin & History

content

early 15c., from M.Fr. contenter, from content (adj.), c.1400, from L. contentus "contained, satisfied," pp. of continere (see contain). Sense evolved through "contained," "restrained," to "satisfied," as the contented person's desires are bound by what he or she already

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has. Related: Contented (1520s); contentedly (1550s); contently (17c., superseded by contentedly).

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Medical Dictionary

content con·tent (kŏn'těnt')
n.

Something contained, as in a receptacle.
The proportion of a specified substance present in something else, as of protein in a food.
The subject matter or essential meaning of something, especially a dream.

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