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contented Definition

con·tented (kən tent′id)

adjective

having or showing no desire for something more or different; satisfied a contented look

contented Related Forms
con·tent′·edly adverb con·tent′·ed·ness noun
contented Synonyms

contented

modif.

content, pleased, thankful; see happy 1, satisfied. See syn. study at satisfied.

contented Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • perfectly: The saints are well and perfectly contented if men know how to content themselves and cease their useless discussions.
  • quite: Quite contented, she walked into the kitchen, where she found her husband standing by the sink.
  • well: I could bee well contented to be there, in respect of the loue I beare your house.
  • very: Over the years we have been very contented with the manner in which our leaders have been chosen.
  • so: Lee looked so contented, and when I watched the match... what can I say... he looked so contented!
  • not: Be not contented with outward happiness; things are worthy according to their duration.

Preposition: with

  • life: It is enough to make you feel very contented with life!

Infinitive complement

  • give: I thought I could be contented to give up everything, and reside with her in the wilds of Spain.

Modifies a noun

  • smile: However, Long Melford returned to the pavilion with more than a contented smile.
  • baby: I have got the contented happy baby i brought home from hospital back.
  • workforce: Maybe if they rewarded BA workers more generously and cut back on their long hours they would have a more contented workforce.
  • cat: Add to basket Board book UK Price: £ 4.99 About Ginger Ginger is a very contented cat.
  • spirit: There should be many contented spirits on board, for such a life is both to travel and to stay at home.
  • life: How much money do I really need to live a contented life?

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: They both seem very contented with their home which is the most important thing of all.
  • rest: Nothing but enmity on your part, and deep-rooted dislike, can account for your resting contented without possession of the Father's gift.
  • feel: It is enough to make you feel very contented with life!
  • look: We met a Hospital train here, with the patients looking very contented.
  • have: If the prophet himself had written them he would assuredly not have contented himself with such fragments.
  • die: She said at evening parties, that if she could have known Cicero, she thought she could have died contented.
contented Quotes

In pale contented sort of discontent.

—Keats,John

My most neglected wife, till you are a much respected widow,I find you will scarce be a contented woman, and to say no more than the plain truth, I do endeavour so fairly to do you that last good service.

—Rochester,JohnWilmot, 2nd Earl of

Wesit†and lookout attheboysintheir happy play†we kneel still with one little cheek wistfully pressed against the pane†and we go and stand before the glass.We see the complexion we were not to spoil, and the white frock† Then the curse begins to act upon us. It finishes its work when we are grown women, who no more look out wistfullyat a more healthy life; we are contented.We fit our sphere as a Chinese woman's foot fits her shoe, exactly, as though God made bothöand yet he knows nothing of either.

—Iron