dissatisfaction

1. Dissatisfaction, discontent, displeasure imply a sense of dislike for, or unhappiness in, one's surroundings. Dissatisfaction results from contemplating what falls short of one's wishes or expectations: dissatisfaction with the results of an afternoon's work. Discontent is a sense of lack and a general feeling of uneasy dislike for the conditions of one's life: feeling a continual vague discontent. Displeasure suggests a certain amount of anger as well as dissatisfaction: displeasure at being kept waiting.

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The dissatisfaction likely does not result from promiscuity, but from a lack of understanding of intimacy.
Bobby Womack’s Sexual Democracy: The Late Soul Legend Preached Mutual Pleasure|David Masciotra|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But illness and dissatisfaction with how many visitors came to the area forced her to abandon the position after five years.
Swiss Town: Have Cave, Want (Social and Outgoing) Hermit|Nina Strochlic|May 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Not surprisingly then, Asian-American dissatisfaction with affirmative action has grown over time.
Asians vs. Affirmative Action|Lloyd Green|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is the final straw on [a] long list of dissatisfaction over TWC.
Bickering Behemoths: Time Warner Cable Dispute With CBS Leaves Viewers in the Dark|Lloyd Grove|August 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Dissatisfaction and abandonment is concentrated among men and Republicans.
The Real Reason that Readers Have Soured on Their Paper|Megan McArdle|March 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This time public rage and dissatisfaction was more intensified than ever, and the Press was outspoken.
The Secrets of a Kuttite|Edward O. Mousley
He thought again about what she had said of Polish forests, the dissatisfaction that had followed her for so many years.
The Three Black Pennys|Joseph Hergesheimer
The mood of impotence, of dissatisfaction, was on him, and was not to be shaken off.
The Silver Poppy|Arthur Stringer
There were some murmurs of dissatisfaction, some smiled at the situation, and we mounted and rode away.
How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion|George W. Peck
There was some dissatisfaction among the men in regard to the ten per cent.
Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877|Various

British Dictionary definitions for dissatisfaction

dissatisfaction

/ (dɪsˌsætɪsˈfækʃən) /

noun

the state of being unsatisfied or disappointed

Derived forms of dissatisfaction

dissatisfactory, adjective

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