dissatisfaction
noun
the state or attitude of not being satisfied; discontent; displeasure.
self-dissatisfaction
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a word derived from
dissatisfaction.
Example Sentences
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Subsiding bitterly into self-dissatisfaction, he went from being one of America’s most prescient futurists to one of its ugliest reactionaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2018
She was now all the time aware of a weight, an oppression, which seemed to belong to the task, but was in reality her self-dissatisfaction.
From Mary Marston by George MacDonald
Something of the self-dissatisfaction that had numbed poor little Christopher fell to his share.
From Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker by Marguerite Bryant
And even in our wildest remorse we are self-satisfied with our self-dissatisfaction.
From Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill
Thus the new sense of self-dissatisfaction and self-distrust which had grown upon him centred round his wife and seemed to owe its origin to her.
From Quisanté by Anthony Hope
