contentment Definition
con·tent·ment (kən tent′mənt)
noun
- the state, quality, or fact of being contented
- Archaic a satisfying or being satisfied
Etymology: ME contentement < OFr
contentment Synonyms
contentment Usage Examples
Converse of object
- find: How could his son ever find contentment in his life, always knowing what he had given up?
- bring: At the end of the day, the sense of achievement brings some contentment, some hope.
- know: There is another mistake that we can easily make that might lead us to despair that we will ever know contentment.
- experience: When you believe that, you will experience contentment.
- have: Surely God loves a pleasant life; whoever is miserable, he hath a full contentment.
- seek: An hundred pursuits they pursue, and in them seek contentment.
Adjective modifier
- mild: Other people are very happy, and further down the spectrum, other people are what we may say suffering from mild contentment.
- inner: Healthy outdoor pursuits that give peace of mind and inner contentment.
- true: Without the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ in our lives, we can never achieve true contentment.
- great: The target groups is about to greater contentment with.
- general: This suggests a general contentment with the management of BECTU, which is very much not the case.
- complete: Sitting here I've got a mixture of sadness and complete contentment.
Modifies a noun
flow: The learning of contentment flows from getting to know Christ and submitting to his Lordship.
Preposition: in
- life: Sometimes I look at my wedding ring and wonder if we can only ever find contentment in the next life.
- situation: True freedom is a godly contentment in the situation where God has placed us.
- sense: And we crumble and we lose our contentment in the sense of sufficiency, satisfaction and peace because we are victimized by circumstances.
Preposition: of
soul: The peace of mind, contentment of soul, happiness they enjoy find their expression in these words.
Preposition: with
Browse dictionary entries near contentment
- ‹ contentious
- ‹ contention
- ‹ contented
- ‹ content discrimination
- ‹ content blocking
- ‹ content-based restriction
- ‹ content
- ‹ contender
- ‹ contend
- ‹ contemptuous
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