dissatisfyv.
/dᵻ(s)ˈsatᵻsfʌɪ/, U.S. /dɪ(s)ˈsædəsˌfaɪ/ transitive. 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.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > be discontented about [verb (transitive)] > make discontented or dissatisfy
miscontentc1500
discontent1549
heart-burn?c1550
unsatisfy1652
dissatisfy1666
1666 S. Pepys Diary 23 July (1972) VII. 216 The French are not yet joyned with the Duch, which doth dissatisfy the Hollanders.
1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling ii. §2 ⁋ 9. 68 Denying her self even the most innocent liberties, if she see they dissatisfy him.
1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 44 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.
1806 Ld. Grenville in Duke of Buckingham Court George III (1855) IV. 9 Doing enough to dissatisfy my own mind, and always too little to satisfy theirs.
1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. vii. 222 In all his production how much there is to dissatisfy us!
Derivatives
disˈsatisfying adj. that fails to satisfy, or renders unsatisfied.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [adjective] > causing discontent or unsatisfactory
unacceptable1483
discontentive1578
inacceptable1578
discontenting1579
discontentful1604
dissatisfactoryc1610
undigestable1612
ungratifying1695
dissatisfying1709
unsatisfactory1843
crook1898
zilch1958
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 180. ⁋6 To follow such dissatisfying Pursuits.
1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1866) 338 After long and dissatisfying toils.
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