Word Meanings - CONTENTFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Full of content. Barrow.

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• CONTENTMENT
  1. The state of being contented or satisfied; content. Contentment without external honor is humility. Grew. Godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Tim. vi. 6. 2. The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice
• CONTENTLY
  In a contented manner.
• CONTENTIOUS
  Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. Contentious jurisdiction , jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to voluntary jurisdiction, or that exercised upon matters not opposed
• CONTENTED
  Content; easy in mind; satisfied; quiet; willing. -- Con*tent"ed*ly, adv. -- Con*tent"ed*ness, n.
• BARROW
  A heap of rubbish, attle, etc. (more info) mound; akin to G. berg mountain, Goth. bairgahei hill, hilly country, and perh. to Skr. b high, OIr. brigh mountain. Cf. Berg, Berry a 1. A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead;
• CONTENTION
  1. A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife. I would my arcontenion. Shak. 2. Strife in words; controversy; altercation quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention. Contentions and strivings about the law.
• BARROWIST
  A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1953.
• CONTENTS
  See N
• CONTENTATION
  Content; satisfaction. Bacon.
• CONTENT
  Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest. Having food rainment, let us be therewith content. 1 Tim. vi. 8.
• CONTENTFUL
  Full of content. Barrow.
• CONTENTLESS
  Discontented; dissatisfied. Shak.
• HANDBARROW
  A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand.
• DISCONTENT
  Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. Jer. Taylor. Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet. Bunyan.
• WHEELBARROW
  A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.
• MALCONTENTED
  Malcontent. -- Mal`con*tent"ed*ly, adv. -- Mal`con*tent"ed*ness, n.
• MALECONTENT
  Malcontent.
• INCONTENTATION
  Discontent. Goodwin.
• DISCONTENTATION
  Discontent. Ascham.
• MALCONTENT
  discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government. The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. Milner.
• DISCONTENTIVE
  Relating or tending to discontent. "Pride is ever discontentive." Feltham.
• DISCONTENTING
  1. Discontented. Shak. 2. Causing discontent; dissatisfying. Milton.
• DISCONTENTED
  Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent. And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him. 1 Sam. xxii. 2. -- Dis`con*tent"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis`con*tent"ed*ness, n.
• DISCONTENTMENT
  The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude. Bacon.
• SEA BARROW
  A sea purse.