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dissatisfy, v.|dɪsˈsætɪsfaɪ|
[f. dis- 6 + satisfy v.]
trans. To deprive of satisfaction, to render unsatisfied; to fail to satisfy or fulfil the desires or wishes of; to displease, discontent, make unquiet in mind. Also absol.
1666Pepys Diary 23 July, The French are not yet joined with the Dutch, which do dissatisfy the Hollanders. 1673Lady's Call. ii. §2 ⁋ 9. 68 Denying her self even the most innocent liberties, if she see they dissatisfy him. a1726Collier (J.), The advantages of life will not hold out to the length of desire, and, since they are not big enough to satisfy, they should not be big enough to dissatisfy. 1806Ld. Grenville in Dk. Buckhm. Crt. & Cab. Geo. III, (1855) IV. 9 Doing enough to dissatisfy my own mind, and always too little to satisfy theirs. 1865M. Arnold Ess. Crit. viii. (1875) 319 In all his production how much there is to dissatisfy us.
Hence disˈsatisfying ppl. a., that fails to satisfy, or renders unsatisfied.
1709Steele Tatler No. 180 ⁋6 To follow such dissatisfying Pursuits. 1809Coleridge Friend (1866) 338 After long and dissatisfying toils. |