contented
adjective /kənˈten.tɪd/
/-t̬ɪd/ Definition
› happy and satisfied: She smiled a contented smile. He won't be contented until he's upset everyone in the office.Feeling pleasure and happinessTaking pleasure in something contentedly /-li/ adverb › Finishing her meal, she sat back and sighed contentedly.Feeling pleasure and happinessTaking pleasure in something
(Definition of contented adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) pleased as Punch idiom
- be dancing in the streets idiom
- be floating on air idiom
- be full of the joys of spring idiom
- be in seventh heaven idiom
- chirpy adjective
- chuffed adjective
- delighted adjective
- ecstatic adjective
- elated adjective
- jaunty adjective
- joyful adjective
- joyous adjective
- jubilant adjective
- jump for joy idiom
- rapturous adjective
- thrilled adjective
- thrilled to bits idiom
- walk on air idiom
- wrapped adjective (HAPPY)
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