as in contentment
the feeling experienced when one's wishes are met
the look of contentedness on the sleeping child's face
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Recent Examples of contentedness
His lyrics detail a process of active healing, gesturing at a contentedness that beds in as your 20 begin to wane.
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Liam Inscoe-Jones,
Pitchfork,
5 Mar. 2026
Vanity can include emptiness, conceit, and lacking contentedness.
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Margaret Rogers,
Christian Science Monitor,
3 Sep. 2025
Liam Inscoe-Jones,
Pitchfork,
5 Mar. 2026
Vanity can include emptiness, conceit, and lacking contentedness.
—
Margaret Rogers,
Christian Science Monitor,
3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contentedness
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But do all this with the knowledge of what brings you contentment—and start charting your course now.
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Barefoot in jeans and a T-shirt, the rock legend is the picture of contentment as waves ripple through the pool behind him from a breeze off the Atlantic.
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Shoppers are reading labels, asking harder questions, and rewarding products that deliver both enjoyment and genuine function.
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The visual accompaniment to the president’s promise of national enjoyment showed two multistory stone arcades running down the length of the Mall—very classical, very retvrn—thronged with crowds.
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By the end of the morning, happiness had moved through every neighborhood in the hospital.
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Simon Cowell's fiancée, Lauren Cowell, is revealing the secret to his happiness.
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Many retirement plans provide access to financial education to help employees make informed decisions about saving, investing and planning for retirement – ideally resulting in greater employee satisfaction and productivity.
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Homer approves equally of the man’s satisfactions and the woman’s chastity.
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This article was created by content specialists using various tools, including AI.
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Before publishing, journalists reviewed this content in compliance with McClatchy Media’s AI policy.
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Now in its 38th edition, the annual issue is a record of the highest expressions of craft, ingenuity, creativity, pleasure, and wonder across 15 categories and from around the globe.
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One is about civic commonality, the other about authoritarian cynicism; one is about a city pulling together around a common pleasure, the other about desecrating the decorum of democracy.
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“Contentedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contentedness. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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