English > contentment: 1 sense > noun 1, feelingMeaning | happiness with one's situation in life. |
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Narrower | satisfaction | The contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation |
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Broader | happiness | emotions experienced when in a state of well-being |
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Opposite | discontentment, discontent, discontentedness | A longing for something better than the present situation |
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Spanish | alegría, contentamiento, contento, satisfacción |
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Catalan | alegria, contentació, felicitat, satisfacció |
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Verbs | content | satisfy in a limited way |
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