contentment
Syllables: con·tent·ment/kənˈtɛntmənt/
contentment noun: the state or degree of being contented or satisfied.
Noun
contentment (usually uncountable, plural contentments)
- The state or degree of being contented or satisfied.
- […]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout...1620, Giovanni Bocaccio, translated by John Florio, The Decameron, Containing an Hundred Pleaſant Nouels: Wittily Diſcourſed, Betweene Seuen Honourable Ladies, and Three Noble Gentlemen, Isaac...
- Then they got out their boat from the boat-house, sculled down the river home, and at a very late hour sat down to supper in their own cosy riverside parlour, to the Rat's great joy and contentment.1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC
- Happiness in one's situation; satisfaction
- The neurophysiological experience of satisfaction and being at ease in one's situation, body, and/or mind.
contentment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
contentment in Hindi
- state or degree of being contented
- संतुष्टि santuṣṭi, संतोष santoṣ, तृप्ति tŕpti
contentment in Tamil
- உள நிறைவு, மன நிறைவு
contentment in Marathi
- state or degree of being contented
- समाधान samādhān
contentment in Urdu
- contentment, satisfaction, consolation, comfort, solace, assurance
- تسلی tasallī
- contentment, quiescence, satisfaction, tranquillity
- اطمینان itmīnān
More languagesFewer languages
- contentment in Bengali
- সন্তোষ śontōś
- contentment in Malayalam
- തുഷ്ടി tuṣṭi
- contentment in Punjabi
- صبر sabăr, ਸਬਰ sabar, ਸਿਦਕ਼ sidaq
- contentment in Odia
- ଖୁସି khusi
- contentment in Arabic
- رِضَا riḍā
Examples of contentment in a sentence
- To unbrand our daughters, we must pursue inner beauty and reclaim the biblical value of contentment.
- This vision brings Faust to the fateful moment when he speaks the aforedetermined words of contentment.
- That is your secret—contentment; I am 24 and I've never known it.
Antonyms of contentment
Forms of contentment
| plural | contentments |
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Origin of contentment
From Middle French contentement. By surface analysis, content + -ment.
Questions about contentment
- What does contentment mean?
- Contentment means the state or degree of being contented or satisfied.
- What is contentment in Hindi?
- Contentment in Hindi is संतुष्टि (santuṣṭi), संतोष (santoṣ), तृप्ति (tŕpti). See Contentment meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is contentment?
- Contentment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce contentment?
- Contentment is pronounced /kənˈtɛntmənt/.
- What is the plural of contentment?
- The plural of contentment is contentments.
Words near contentment in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: contentment (page history and authors); contentment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اطمینان (Urdu) (page history and authors); সন্তোষ (Bengali) (page history and authors); തുഷ്ടി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); صبر (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଖୁସି (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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