contentedness
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4.3
- noun
- /kənˈtɛndədnəs/
:
satisfacción
- After reflecting on her life, she felt a deep sense of contentedness with where she was at this moment.
Does it work for increasing your feelings of contentedness?
- Does it work for increasing your feelings of contentedness?
- But for me, it's like honoring that contentedness while also not letting it like, stall me.
- And in fact, it seems sometimes to be inversely correlated to contentedness or a feeling of peace or happiness.
Examples
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I should be falling asleep in the grass, exhausted beyond all thought, with only the miasma of contentedness floating through my mind.
Fiction book (2001) -
One of my favorite authors, Nobelist Bertrand Russell, wrote about happiness that companionship—solid friendship—is integral to a robust sense of contentedness.
Blog text (32) -
And I can, you know, develop my capacity to hold states of contentedness and peace inside and joy and maybe then pleasure, right?
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But for me, it's like honoring that contentedness while also not letting it like stall me.
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But for me, it's like honoring that contentedness while also not letting it like, stall me.
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And in fact, it seems sometimes to be inversely correlated to contentedness or a feeling of peace or happiness.
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Despite remarkable technological and economic progress, however, globalization did not reach beyond the big cities, nor did it result in a uniform level of prosperity and contentedness.
Academic text (2018) -
Ash's teachers, if left to their own devices, use Ash's contentedness to read anything at any level as validation for the supposition that he does.
Blog text (26) -
FLEXIBILITY BREEDS CONTENTEDNESS
Academic text (2004) -
Ministerial comparisons of eternal joy with infant contentedness at the breast reveal a deep respect for the power of breastfeeding mothers to soothe, comfort, and nourish.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
970
1.0
A feeling of pleasure and being satisfied
793
1.0
A strong feeling of great happiness
192
2.2
A pleasant feeling when you achieve something or your needs are met
108
1.0
A feeling of being happy with what you have
78
3.2
A complete feeling of great happiness and peace
58
3.6
A feeling of happiness and satisfaction when you achieve something important
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2.1
A feeling of being happy and satisfied with your life
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1.0
A feeling of being happy and pleased
5
3.2
A feeling of being healthy, comfortable, and happy in life
1
7.9
A feeling of very great happiness often after prayer or quiet thought
1
2.0
A strong feeling of happiness and excitement
1
3.7
A feeling of complete happiness
1
4.5
A feeling of being relaxed and at ease with people or places
1
3.0
A strong feeling of great happiness
1
4.4
A feeling of complete happiness and calm
1
9.3
A state of complete happiness and calm
A feeling of great happiness and pleasure
A warm feeling of happiness and pleasure inside you
Antonyms
How Content
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Contentedness comes from content, which is related to contain and once carried the idea of 'holding' or being 'filled'; if you are 'content' you have what you need and are 'satisfied'.