contented
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- contentedly adverb
- contentedness noun
- half-contented adjective
- half-contentedly adverb
- overcontented adjective
- overcontentedly adverb
- quasi-contented adjective
- quasi-contentedly adverb
Etymology
Origin of contented
Example Sentences
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And it is not hard to find contented heat pump customers.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
Rather, that contented knowing seasons the confidence with which O’Hara shaped all of her women, whether mothers or, like Patty Leigh in “The Studio,” mother figures.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026
Now, though, he’s a contented family man operating a successful neighborhood bistro called Chez Paul—until fate comes calling and returns him to a life he’d just as soon forget.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
In a twitch, a head tilt or a whine, Indy communicates his emotions: curious, lonely, contented, confused, fretful, desperate or petrified.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025
But the frowns had at last faded away, replaced entirely by the pleasant, contented smiles.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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