as in frustrated
having a feeling that one has been wronged or thwarted in one's ambitions
the store prides itself on never allowing a customer to walk away dissatisfied
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as in disappointed
to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of
a restaurant serving portions that will not dissatisfy even the heartiest eater
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as in displeased
to make discontented
an administrative assistant dissatisfied by her meager paycheck
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Recent Examples of dissatisfied
Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Feeling dissatisfied in the relationship didn’t make people more likely to start scorekeeping.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Others are dissatisfied with how their school districts are doing academically.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
But Moody quickly grew dissatisfied with the group and quit during a European tour in the fall of 2003.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Nuggets owner Josh Kroenke, dissatisfied with former general manager Calvin Booth and former head coach Michael Malone's acrimonious relationship, fired both men with just three games remaining in the regular season.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Feeling dissatisfied in the relationship didn’t make people more likely to start scorekeeping.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Others are dissatisfied with how their school districts are doing academically.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
But Moody quickly grew dissatisfied with the group and quit during a European tour in the fall of 2003.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissatisfied
Adjective
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Fat Joe said that a frustrated Bruno removed himself from the conversation and went to sit on the other side of the venue at the unspecified awards show.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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And so Ben Richards, in the book, is very frustrated with the system.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The third major metric to watch is net asset flows, which disappointed versus Wall Street expectations in the first and second quarters.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
12 Oct. 2025
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Bryce Miller worked four scoreless innings in his first playoff start for the Seattle Mariners and was disappointed to be pulled in the fifth.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Lawmakers, understandably, were displeased.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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Some Democrats who remained in Washington were displeased.—
Rachael Dziaba,
ABC News,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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As in prior moral panics, the technology proved to be an easy and tangible scapegoat, which enabled Americans to avoid grappling with the complex social factors—like deindustrialization, urban decay, and disillusioned suburban children—that led to a combustible situation ripe for tragedy.—
Time,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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In the dramedy, Clooney plays the titular Kelly, a disillusioned movie star having a personal crisis.—
Eric Andersson,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Humans are the only animals known to be discontented with natural selection.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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He was told by Talent Relations that the creative team was unhappy with him.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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The now-37-year-old wasn’t unhappy with her job.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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He was annoyed when people advocated that.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Some people may be annoyed with thousands of fake videos of themselves flooding the internet, but Paul seems to be amused by it.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Yudkowsky and Soares are certainly experts in their field, but this book often reads like a disgruntled missive from two aggrieved patriarchs tired of being ignored.—
Book Marks
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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Right-wing influencers have relentlessly campaigned for these people to lose their jobs, tagging their employers’ online accounts and inundating their places of work with aggrieved emails and phone calls.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Dissatisfied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissatisfied. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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