Definitions for contented

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contented con·tent·ed

Spelling: [kuh n-ten-tid]

IPA: /kənˈtɛn tɪd/

Contented is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 191 anagrams from letters in contented (cdeennott).

Definitions for contented

noun

1. the state or feeling of being contented; satisfaction; contentment:
2. (in the British House of Lords) an affirmative vote or voter.

adjective

1. satisfied; content.
2. satisfied with what one is or has; not wanting more or anything else.
3. British. agreeing; assenting.
4. Archaic. willing.

verb (used with object)

1. to make content:

Origin of contented

First recorded in 1515-25; content² + -ed²

Examples for contented

Then her voice rose above the monotone that had contented her hitherto.

If Japanese whisky is like a symphony, then I am a contented listener.

A new study shows them to be among the most contented in the Western world.

Between the two he contented himself with the pet name of Saffy.

Trapper Jim had everything to make him contented, and even happy.

It would have been well for him to be contented with these things.

But if they are contented with fame, why, they deserve their fate.

In Rwanda, as we watched the young fathers hold their babies, we saw a contented look in their eyes.

This, Keynes thought, would be sufficient to satisfy the ‘old Adam’ in us who needs work in order to be contented.

Helen Armstead's trajectory, from passive victim to apology guru to contented observer, has little to do with a particular class.