Dissatisfy

Definition: Dissatisfy

Dissatisfy

Verb

1. Fail to satisfy.

Date "dissatisfy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1876. (references)

Note: Dissatisfy \Dis*sat"is*fy\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Dissatisfied; present participle verb or noun Dissatisfying.]. (Websters 1913)

Antonym: satisfy (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Discontent	Cause discontent; Noun: dissatisfy, disappoint, mortify, put out, disconcert; cut up; dishearten.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Dissatisfy

English words defined with "dissatisfy": Dissatisfying ♦ Mispay. (references)

Specialty definitions using "dissatisfy": Divining Rods. (references)

Language		Translations for "dissatisfy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		nuk kënaq, mërzit (annoy, badger, bore, bother, cloy, disgruntle, get, nag, peeve, pester, plague, turn sour, vex), bëj të pakënaqur. (various references)

Arabic		‏خيب الأمل (disappoint, disillusion, let down, miss fire), ‏أثار سخطه, ‏أثار الاستياء (displease). (various references)

Bulgarian		не задоволявам. (various references)

Chinese		不满意 (Dissatisfied, Dissatisfying, unsatisfied). (various references)

Czech		neuspokojit. (various references)

French		décourager (discourage, dishearten, dispirit), mécontenter (disesteem, disfavour, displease). (various references)

German		nicht befriedigen. (various references)

Greek		δυσαρεστώ (disgruntle, disoblige, displease). (various references)

Hebrew		לאכזב (disappoint, let down, miss fire). (various references)

Hungarian		nem elégít ki (to discontent), elégedetlenné tesz (disgruntle, to discontent). (various references)

Italian		scontentare (disgruntle, displease). (various references)

Korean		많족하지 않으십시�". (various references)

Manx		jannoo meewooiagh, cur neuchooilleen er, cur anwooiys er. (various references)

Pig Latin		issatisfyday

Portuguese		desgostoso (discontented, disgustful, disgusting, sorry), descontentar (discontented, disguise). (various references)

Romanian		nemulţumi (annoy, discontent, displease). (various references)

Russian		не удовлетворять (failed of). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ne zadovoljiti. (various references)

Spanish		descontentar (discontent). (various references)

Swedish		göra missnöjd (discontent). (various references)

Turkish		tatmin edememek, memnun edememek, küstürmek (huff, hurt, make angry, miff, offend, vex). (various references)

Ukrainian		не задовольняти. (various references)

Welsh		anfodloni (discontent). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "dissatisfy": dissatisfying. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Dissatisfy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dissatisfier. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "dissatisfy" (pronounced di'sa"tusfī')
7	-s a" t u s f ī'	satisfy.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-f-i-i-s-s-s-t-y"
	-3 letters: sadists, saiyids, satisfy.
	-4 letters: assist, sadist, saiyid, sayids, stasis, tsadis.
	-5 letters: adits, daisy, ditas, ditsy, fasts, fiats, fists, sadis, saids, sassy, satis, sayid, sayst, sifts, sissy, staid, stays, tsadi.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-f-i-i-s-s-s-t-y"
	+3 letters: dissatisfying.
	+5 letters: dissatisfactory.
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