DISSATISFIED 不滿意
BAD FEELING IN-RELATION-TO something that one BELIEVES is not SUFFICIENTLY GOOD OR BAD.
DISCONTENTEDMALCONTENTUNSATISFIEDDISAPPOINTEDDISAFFECTEDUNHAPPYDISPLEASEDDISGRUNTLEDAGGRIEVEDVEXEDANNOYEDIRRITATEDANGRYEXASPERATEDFED UP
Antonym
- DELIGHTINTENSELY GOOD FEELING IN-RELATION-TO something NOW.*The joy of the enjoyer X over something enjoyed Y.
- SATISFACTORYCONFORM to the NEEDS of.
Hypernym
- FEELINGNATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND.
See also
- TIREDDISTRESSED BECAUSE of NEAR:recent PAST INTENSIVE EFFORT.
Hyponym
- REGRET DISSATISFIED IN-RELATION-TO one's SELF:own PAST ACTION.BECAUSE one BELIEVES them to have been WICKED.
- REPENT REGRET so as to FEEL SHAME AND DECIDE TO CHANGE ONE'S BEHAVIOUR.
- ALIENATION DISSATISFIED that one's WORK is NOT IMPORTANT IN-RELATION-TO one's PERSONAL ASPIRATIONS.
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.
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 ／
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 ／
Old Chinese Contrasts
討厭
厭惡
嫌惡
憎惡
痛惡
羞惡
惡
厭
憎
嫌
煩
嫌憎
厭煩
膩煩
絮煩
膩味
膩
頭痛
作嘔
倒胃口
厭惡
嫌惡
憎惡
痛惡
羞惡
惡
厭
憎
嫌
煩
嫌憎
厭煩
膩煩
絮煩
膩味
膩
頭痛
作嘔
倒胃口
- 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
厭 yàn OC: qems MC: ʔiɛm 28 AttributionsWD
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 AttributionsWD
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 AttributionsWD
- 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 AttributionsWD
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 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPilitotesbecome dissatisfied; become angry
嫌 xián OC: ɡleem MC: ɦem 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoSbe dissatisfied that
恨 hèn OC: ɡɯɯns MC: ɦən 2 AttributionsWD
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
斁 yì OC: laɡ MC: jiɛk 2 AttributionsWD
- 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 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabpsychfeeling of dissatisfaction
- VPifeel (still) unsatisfiedLZ
噁 wù OC: qaaɡs MC: ʔuo̝ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vadNirritated
慊 qiǎn OC: khleemʔ MC: khem 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vibe dissatisfied HN, LIJI
心 xīn OC: slɯm MC: sim 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabpsychirritation
艴然 fú rán OC: phɯd njen MC: phi̯ut ȵiɛn
艴然 bó rán OC: bɯɯd njen MC: buot ȵiɛn 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadVintensitivein an angry manner
嗛 qiǎn MC: khemX OC: khleemʔLZ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vi= 慊: be unsatisfactoryLZ
無足 wú zú MC: mju tsjowk OC: ma tsoɡLZ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPibe insatiableLZ
怨望 yuàn wàng MC: 'jwonH mjangH OC: qons maŋsDS 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPt(oN)feel a strong dissatisfaction with the contextually determinate situationDS
悁 yuān OC: qʷlen MC: ʔiɛn 0 AttributionsWD
- 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 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vadNdissatisfied, disaffected
艴 fú OC: phɯd MC: phi̯ut
艴 bó OC: bɯɯd MC: buot
悖 bó OC: bɯɯd MC: buot 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vihave annoyed looks
懫 zhì OC: tids MC: ʈi 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabpsychannoyance SHU???
- vichangeget annoyed???
讟 dú OC: ɡ-looɡ MC: duk 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabpsychdissatisfaction??? Probably the word always should be taken to refer to dissatisfaction expressed through slanderous talk
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