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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discontented, unhappy |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, begrudging, bothered, complaining, crabby, critical, disaffected, disappointed, disgruntled, displeased, ennuied, envious, faultfinding, fed-up, fretful, fretting, frustrated, griping, grudging, grumbling, grumpy*, insatiable, irked, jaundiced, jealous, kvetching, malcontent, malcontented, not satisfied, offended, picky, plaintive, put-out, querulous, sniveling, sulky, sullen, unappeased, unassuaged, unfulfilled, ungratified, unsated, unsatisfied, vexed |
| Notes: | only a person can be dissatisfied while an abstract thing can be unsatisfied (hunger) unsatisfied implies that a wish, need, or expectation that previously existed has not been satisfied; dissatisfied implies no such prior existence, but simply registers a failure to be satisfied |
| Antonyms: | contented, fulfilled, gratified, happy, pleased, satisfied |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obsequious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | groveling, submissive |
| Synonyms: | abject, beggarly, brownnosing, complacent, compliable, compliant, cringing, crouching, deferential, enslaved, fawning, flattering, ingratiating, kowtowing, menial, obeisant, oily, parasitic, parasitical, prostrate, respectful, servile, slavish, sneaking, sniveling, spineless, stipendiary, subject, submissive, subordinate, subservient, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous |
| Antonyms: | arrogant, assertive, brazen, confident, presumptuous |
| Main Entry: | tearful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crying, very upset |
| Synonyms: | bawling, blubbering, blubbery, distressed, dolorous, in tears, lachrymose, lamentable, lamenting, moist, mournful, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, sad, sniveling, sobbing, sorrowful, teary, watery, weeping, weepy, wet, whimpering, woeful |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy |
| Main Entry: | teary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tearful |
| Synonyms: | bawling, blubbering, blubbery, distressed, dolorous, in tears, lachrymose, lamentable, lamenting, moist, mournful, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, sad, sniveling, sobbing, sorrowful, watery, weeping, weepy, wet, whimpering, woeful |
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