Standard Lemma guide

dissatisfied

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /dɪsˈsætɪsˌfaɪd/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not satisfied (e.g. with the quality of something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We offer refunds to dissatisfied customers.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of dissatisfy

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

in a state of sulky dissatisfaction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disgruntled

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Middle English satisfien Middle English satisfyed English satisfied English dissatisfied From dis- + satisfied.

Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُسْتَاء (mustāʔ) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Arabic: سَاخِط (sāḵiṭ) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Arabic: غَيْر رَاضٍ (ḡayr rāḍin) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Arabic: مُتَضَجِّر (mutaḍajjir) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Armenian: անգոհ (angoh) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Belarusian: незадаво́лены (njezadavóljeny) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Belarusian: нездаво́лены (njezdavóljeny) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Bulgarian: недово́лен (nedovólen) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Bulgarian: неудовлетворе́н (neudovletvorén) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Catalan: insatisfet — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不滿 /不满 (bùmǎn) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不滿足 /不满足 (bù mǎnzú) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不滿意 /不满意 (bù mǎnyì) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不平 (bùpíng) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Czech: nespokojený — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Danish: misfornøjet — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Dutch: ontevreden — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Finnish: tyytymätön — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • French: mécontent — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • German: unzufrieden — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • German: unbefriedigt — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Greek: δυσαρεστημένος (dysarestiménos) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Hindi: असंतुष्ट (asantuṣṭ) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Hungarian: elégedetlen — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Italian: insoddisfatto — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Italian: malcontento — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Japanese: 不満な (fuman na) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Japanese: 不平な (fuhei na) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Korean: 불만하다 (bulmanhada) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Korean: 불평하다 (bulpyeonghada) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Korean: 불만스럽다 (bulmanseureopda) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Latin: inexplētus — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Macedonian: незадоволен (nezadovolen) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Norwegian Bokmål: misfornøyd — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utilfreds — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Persian: ناراضی (nârâzi) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Plautdietsch: ontofräd — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Polish: niezadowolony — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Portuguese: insatisfeito — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Romanian: nesatisfăcut — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Romanian: nemulțumit — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Russian: недово́льный (nedovólʹnyj) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Russian: неудовлетворённый (neudovletvorjónnyj) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Serbo-Croatian: не̏задово̄љан — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȅzadovōljan — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Slovak: nespokojný — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Slovene: nezadovoljen — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Spanish: descontento — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Spanish: malcontento — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Spanish: insatisfecho — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Swedish: missnöjd — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Tajik: норозӣ (norozi) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Turkish: memnuniyetsiz — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Turkish: hoşnutsuz — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Ukrainian: незадово́лений (nezadovólenyj) — feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
  • Armenian: անգոհ (angoh) — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Catalan: insatisfet — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不滿 /不满 (bùmǎn) — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不滿足 /不满足 (bù mǎnzú) — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不滿意 /不满意 (bù mǎnyì) — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Czech: nespokojený — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Finnish: tyytymätön — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • French: insatisfait — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • German: nicht zufrieden — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Irish: míshásta — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Latin: inexplētus — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Māori: whakaahu — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: misfornøyd — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: misnøyd — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: misnøgd — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Plautdietsch: ontofräd — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Portuguese: insatisfeito — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Romanian: nemulțumit — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Romanian: nesatisfăcut — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Russian: неудовлетворённый (neudovletvorjónnyj) — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Russian: недово́льный (nedovólʹnyj) — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Spanish: insatisfecho — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
  • Swedish: missnöjd — not satisfied (with the quality of something)
Real reading context

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