DISSATISFY (dissatisfied)

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Irregular inflected form: dissatisfied   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does dissatisfy mean? 

• DISSATISFY (verb)
  The verb DISSATISFY has 1 sense:

1. fail to satisfy

  Familiarity information: DISSATISFY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISSATISFY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they dissatisfy    ... he / she / it dissatisfies   
Past simple: dissatisfied   
Past participle: dissatisfied   
-ing form: dissatisfying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fail to satisfy

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "dissatisfy" is one way to...):

displease (give displeasure to)

"Dissatisfy" entails doing...:

disappoint; let down (fail to meet the hopes or expectations of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dissatisfy"):

discontent (make dissatisfied)

disgruntle (put into a bad mood or into bad humour)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to dissatisfy Sue

Antonym:

satisfy (make happy or satisfied)

Derivation:

dissatisfaction (the feeling of being displeased and discontent)

dissatisfactory (not up to expectations)

 Context examples 

"I am sure," replied Elinor, with a smile, "that his dearest friends could not be dissatisfied with such commendation as that. I do not perceive how you could express yourself more warmly."

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

I have no reason, I assure you, said he, to be dissatisfied with my reception.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

He was dissatisfied with Mr. Butler's career.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

His face was as placid as before, though he was still alert, dissatisfied with what the feeble light had shown him of the woman's face.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Work of officers thorough, but quick. Want us off soon. At dark passed into Archipelago. On 13 July passed Cape Matapan. Crew dissatisfied about something. Seemed scared, but would not speak out.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I'll not be sentimental or dissatisfied, Mother.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A question about whether an individual is or was dissatisfied with their body.

(Feel Dissatisfied with Body, NCI Thesaurus)

He said little about the case, but from that little we gathered that he also was not dissatisfied at the course of events.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A response indicating that an individual is or has been generally dissatisfied or unhappy.

(Generally Dissatisfied and Unhappy, NCI Thesaurus)

I watched her for nearly half-an-hour: during all that time she never turned a page, and her face grew momently darker, more dissatisfied, and more sourly expressive of disappointment.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)