Synonyms for dissatisfy


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dis-sat-is-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈsæt ɪsˌfaɪ


Définition of dissatisfy

Origin :
  • 1660s; see dis- + satisfy. Related: Dissatisfied; dissatisfying.
  • verb displease
Example sentences :
  • I hope I've done nothing to dissatisfy any of the tenants, least of all you, sir.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Mr. Pope had reason to be dissatisfy'd with the O in the second Line, and to reject it; for Homer has nothing of it.
  • Extract from : « Letters Concerning Poetical Translations » by William Benson
  • To an Arab Sheik, loudest in importunity, he said: "What has happened since yesterday to dissatisfy thee with life?"
  • Extract from : « The Prince of India, Volume II » by Lew. Wallace
  • Peter, very soon after our engagement you began to dissatisfy me because I realized that I should never satisfy you.
  • Extract from : « The Dull Miss Archinard » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • The alarming way that each one did not throw away what was taken away did not dissatisfy every one.
  • Extract from : « Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein » by Gertrude Stein
  • They always embarrass those who give them, and dissatisfy those who receive them.
  • Extract from : « Reflections » by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld

Antonyms for dissatisfy

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