DISSATISFIED    不滿意

BAD FEELING IN-RELATION-TO something that one BELIEVES is not SUFFICIENTLY GOOD OR BAD.
DISCONTENTEDMALCONTENTUNSATISFIEDDISAPPOINTEDDISAFFECTEDUNHAPPYDISPLEASEDDISGRUNTLEDAGGRIEVEDVEXEDANNOYEDIRRITATEDANGRYEXASPERATEDFED UP
Old Chinese Criteria
1. A general word for dissatisfaction of any kind, and for any reason, is hèn 恨 (ant. qiè 慊 / 愜 "be satisfied"), but this word is rare in ancient times, the current way of expressing this idea is to use bù yuè 不悅／說. 2. Yàn 厭 / 饜 typically refers to dissatisfaction as a result of overexposure to something. 3. Hàn 憾 refers to a nagging kind of lingering grievance or personal dissatisfaction. 4. Bìng 病 refers to dissatisfaction as a result of a considered judgment that something is unreasonable or not right. NB: There are a number of poetic words for dissatisfaction, notably in CHUCI, which are hard to define in terms to synonym group contrasts.
Modern Chinese Criteria
不滿 遺憾 不稱心 不滿意 不滿足 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • REGRET　DISSATISFIED IN-RELATION-TO one's SELF:own PAST ACTION.BECAUSE one BELIEVES them to have been WICKED. (anc: 13/0, child: 1)
  • ALIENATION　DISSATISFIED that one's WORK is NOT IMPORTANT IN-RELATION-TO one's PERSONAL ASPIRATIONS. (anc: 13/0, child: 0)
Antonym
  • DELIGHTINTENSELY GOOD FEELING IN-RELATION-TO something NOW.*The joy of the enjoyer X over something enjoyed Y.
  • SATISFACTORYCONFORM to the NEEDS of.
See also
  • TIREDDISTRESSED BECAUSE of NEAR:recent PAST INTENSIVE EFFORT.
Hypernym
  • FEELING　NATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND. (anc: 11/0, child: 17)
  • REACT　CHANGE one's THINKING OR ACTING BECAUSE one is PERCEIVING something. (anc: 10/0, child: 5)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 11.119

    UNBEHAGEN

  • Theophrast, Charaktere ( THEOPHRASTUS 1960) p. no. 17

  • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 388

  • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 2.209:142

    MALCONTENT.MECONTENT

    • Words (21 items)

    厭  yàn OC: qems MC: ʔiɛm 29 Attributions

    Yàn 厭 refers specifically to being tired of, and thus fed up with something.

      Syntactic words
    • nabmiddle voicesurfeit, dissatisfaction with oversupply of something
    • nabpsychsatiety, state of having got enough; state of getting tired of performing an action
    • nabreactfeeling that something is too much or more than one wants or needs
    • vt(oN)get fed up, get tired of a contextually determinate thing
    • vt(oN)inchoativeget fed up
    • vt+prep+Nfigurativebe "satiated" with regard to N; have enough of N
    • vt[oN]have got enough of things> be satisfied
    • vtoNmiddle voicefeel satisfied, feel that one has got enough; have got enough
    • vtoNN=abstractget fed up with (through surfeit etc); get tired of
    • vtoNpassivebe fully satisfied
    • vtoNpassivebecome someone the other has got tired ofLZ
    病  bìng OC: bɢraŋs MC: bɣaŋ 13 Attributions

    Bìng 病 refers to dissatisfaction as a result of a considered judgment that something is unreasonable or not right.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNaggrieved, annoyed
    • vt(oN)be dissatisfied with the contextually determinate situation
    • vt+V[0]be deeply dissatisfied with (V-ing), be deeply dissatisfied that one V-s
    • vtoNPab{S}be deeply dissatisfied that, be deeply unhappy that
    • vtoNputativeregard as distressing, embarrassing or dissatisfying; feel and show strong dissatisfaction with
    不說  bù yuè OC: pɯʔ lod MC: pi̯ut jiɛt 9 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe displeased
    • VPt(oN)be dissatisfied with the contextually determinate thing, have objections to it
    • VPt+prep+Nbe satisfied with
    憾  hàn OC: ɡooms MC: ɦəm 6 Attributions

    Hàn 憾 refers to a nagging kind of lingering grievance or personal dissatisfaction.

      Syntactic words
    • nabpsychgrievance, dissatisfaction
    • v[adN.]post-V{NUM}malcontents; malcontent
    • vt+prep+Nbe dissatisfied with (a person or action)
    • vtoNbe dissatisfied with (a matter of the past) See REGRET
    不悅  bù yuè OC: pɯʔ lod MC: pi̯ut jiɛt 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPilitotesbecome dissatisfied; become angry
    斁  yì OC: laɡ MC: jiɛk 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabpsychdissatisfaction; disgruntlement
    • vichangeget fed up 無斁 "without ever getting fed up"
    不足  bù zú OC: pɯʔ tsoɡ MC: pi̯ut tsi̯ok 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychfeeling of dissatisfaction
    • VPifeel (still) unsatisfiedLZ
    嫌  xián OC: ɡleem MC: ɦem 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoSbe dissatisfied that
    恨  hèn OC: ɡɯɯns MC: ɦən 2 Attributions

    A general word for dissatisfaction of any kind, and for any reason, is hèn 恨 (ant. qiè 慊/愜 "be satisfied"), but this word is rare in ancient times, the current way of expressing this idea is to use bù yuè 不悅／說.

      Syntactic words
    • vt+V[0]feel unhappy about (see REGRET) post-Han: 相見恨晚；or later: 恨不早相見
    • vtoNPab{S}be dissatisfied thatDS
    • vtoSbe dissatisfied that
    怨望  yuàn wàng MC: 'jwonH mjangH OC: qons maŋs 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)feel a strong dissatisfaction with the contextually determinate situationDS
    艴然  fú rán OC: phɯd njen MC: phi̯ut ȵiɛn
    艴然  bó rán OC: bɯɯd njen MC: buot ȵiɛn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVintensitivein an angry manner
    無足  wú zú MC: mju tsjowk OC: ma tsoɡ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe insatiableLZ
    嗛  qiǎn MC: khemX OC: khleemʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vi= 慊: be unsatisfactoryLZ
    噁  wù OC: qaaɡs MC: ʔuo̝ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadNirritated
    心  xīn OC: slɯm MC: sim 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychirritation
    慊  qiǎn OC: khleemʔ MC: khem 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vibe dissatisfied HN, LIJI
    艴  fú OC: phɯd MC: phi̯ut
    艴  bó OC: bɯɯd MC: buot
    悖  bó OC: bɯɯd MC: buot 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vihave annoyed looks
    讟  dú OC: ɡ-looɡ MC: duk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabpsychdissatisfaction??? Probably the word always should be taken to refer to dissatisfaction expressed through slanderous talk
    悁  yuān OC: qʷlen MC: ʔiɛn 0 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 忿/ANGER Fèn 忿 (ant. yuè 說／悅 "feel not the slightest anger but on the contrary feel pleased") refers to momentary and intense anger, and it does not typically focus on an show of emotion. There is a difference of degree between nù 怒 "show (often great) anger (怒甚, 大怒) and fèn 忿 "be momentarily angry" (there is no dà fèn 大忿, fèn shèn 忿甚). Nù 怒 forms vtS, whereas fèn 忿 does not have that function. [INTENSE], [MOMENTARY], [PERSONAL]

      Syntactic words
    • vibe dissatisfied, annoyed CHUCI
    悖  bèi OC: bɯɯds MC: buo̝i 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNdissatisfied, disaffected
    懫  zhì OC: tids MC: ʈi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabpsychannoyance SHU???
    • vichangeget annoyed???