dissatisfied

English

Alternative forms

• disatisfied (misspelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old French des-bor.

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Latin dis-bor.

Middle English dis-

English dis-

Middle English satisfien

Middle English satisfyed

English satisfied

English dissatisfied

From dis- + satisfied.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈsætɪsˌfaɪd/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

dissatisfied (comparative more dissatisfied, superlative most dissatisfied)

1. Feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment.
2. Not satisfied (e.g. with the quality of something).

   We offer refunds to dissatisfied customers.

   • 2020 July 29, Paul Stephen, “A new collaboration centred on New Street”, in Rail, page 54:

     The good news for dissatisfied users of Birmingham New Street is that none of these criticisms have gone unnoticed.

Synonyms

• unsatisfied
• displeased

Derived terms

• dissatisfiedness

Related terms

• dissatisfaction

Translations

feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment

• Arabic: مُسْتَاء (mustāʔ), سَاخِط (sāḵiṭ), غَيْر رَاضٍ (ḡayr rāḍin), مُتَضَجِّر (ar) (mutaḍajjir)
• Armenian: անգոհ (hy) (angoh)
• Belarusian: незадаво́лены (njezadavóljeny), нездаво́лены (njezdavóljeny)
• Bulgarian: недово́лен (bg) (nedovólen), неудовлетворе́н (bg) (neudovletvorén)
• Catalan: insatisfet
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不滿 / 不满 (zh) (bùmǎn), 不滿足 / 不满足 (bù mǎnzú), 不滿意 / 不满意 (bù mǎnyì), 不平 (zh) (bùpíng)

• Czech: nespokojený (cs) m
• Danish: misfornøjet
• Dutch: ontevreden (nl)
• Finnish: tyytymätön (fi)
• French: mécontent (fr)
• German: unzufrieden (de), unbefriedigt (de)
• Greek: δυσαρεστημένος (el) (dysarestiménos)
• Hindi: असंतुष्ट (hi) (asantuṣṭ)
• Hungarian: elégedetlen (hu)
• Italian: insoddisfatto (it), malcontento (it)
• Japanese: 不満な (ja) (ふまんな, fuman na), 不平な (ja) (ふへいな, fuhei na)
• Korean: 불만하다 (bulmanhada), 불평하다 (ko) (bulpyeonghada), 불만스럽다 (bulmanseureopda)
• Latin: inexplētus
• Macedonian: незадоволен (nezadovolen)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: misfornøyd (no), utilfreds

• Persian: ناراضی (fa) (nârâzi)
• Plautdietsch: ontofräd
• Polish: niezadowolony (pl)
• Portuguese: insatisfeito (pt)
• Romanian: nesatisfăcut (ro) m or n, nemulțumit (ro)
• Russian: недово́льный (ru) (nedovólʹnyj), неудовлетворённый (ru) (neudovletvorjónnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: не̏задово̄љан

  Latin: nȅzadovōljan (sh)

• Slovak: nespokojný
• Slovene: nezadovoljen
• Spanish: descontento (es), malcontento, insatisfecho (es)
• Swedish: missnöjd (sv)
• Tajik: норозӣ (norozi)
• Turkish: memnuniyetsiz (tr), hoşnutsuz (tr)
• Ukrainian: незадово́лений (nezadovólenyj)

not satisfied (with the quality of something)

• Armenian: անգոհ (hy) (angoh)
• Catalan: insatisfet
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不滿 / 不满 (zh) (bùmǎn), 不滿足 / 不满足 (bù mǎnzú), 不滿意 / 不满意 (bù mǎnyì)

• Czech: nespokojený (cs)
• Finnish: tyytymätön (fi)
• French: insatisfait (fr)
• German: nicht zufrieden
• Irish: míshásta
• Latin: inexplētus
• Māori: whakaahu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: misfornøyd (no), misnøyd

  Nynorsk: misnøgd

• Plautdietsch: ontofräd
• Portuguese: insatisfeito (pt)
• Romanian: nemulțumit (ro) m or n, nesatisfăcut (ro) m or n
• Russian: неудовлетворённый (ru) (neudovletvorjónnyj), недово́льный (ru) (nedovólʹnyj)
• Spanish: insatisfecho (es)
• Swedish: missnöjd (sv)

Verb

dissatisfied

1. simple past and past participle of dissatisfy