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content adjective [ kənˈtɛnt ]

• in a state of peaceful happiness.
• "he seemed more content, less bitter"
Similar: contented, satisfied, pleased, gratified, fulfilled, happy, cheerful, cheery, glad, delighted, tranquil, unworried, untroubled, at ease, at peace, comfortable, serene, placid, complacent,
Opposite: discontented, dissatisfied,

content verb

• satisfy (someone).
• "nothing would content her apart from going off to Barcelona"
Similar: soothe, pacify, placate, appease, please, mollify, make happy, satisfy, still, silence, quieten, quiet,

content noun

• a state of satisfaction.
• "the greater part of the century was a time of content"
Similar: contentment, contentedness, satisfaction, fulfilment, happiness, pleasure, cheerfulness, gladness, gratification, ease, comfort, restfulness, well-being, peace, equanimity, serenity, tranquillity, placidity, placidness, repletion, complacency, self-content,
Opposite: discontent,
• a member of the British House of Lords who votes for a particular motion.
Origin: late Middle English: via Old French from Latin contentus ‘satisfied’, past participle of continere (see contain).

content noun

• the things that are held or included in something.
• "she unscrewed the top of the flask and drank the contents"
Origin: late Middle English: from medieval Latin contentum (plural contenta ‘things contained’), neuter past participle of continere (see contain).


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