content
I was suddenly overwhelmed by a feeling of utter contentment.
They found him sitting on the ground with an air of quiet contentment on his face.
He has found contentment in his life and is very happy.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Pleasure and happiness
abandon
afterglow
beatitude
bed
bed of rosesidiom
delirium
exaltation
exultation
feast
felicity
for funphrase
fulfilment
fun
goody
joyfulness
joyousness
jubilation
like a dog with two tailsidiom
mirth
savour

Examples of contentment

contentment
It is a condition that does not lead to contentment and an even satisfaction, but to an ever extending desire for the choice fruits tasted.
This involves thinking about occupancy fees, staff morale, and the contentment of residents, as well as her own well-being and ability to cope.
It is through a cry that the infant expresses its needs and desires and by silence or vocal sounds that it acknowledges contentment.
They did differ, however, in their feelings of isolation, lack of health contentment and a general dissatisfaction with their situation.
These mediums can penetrate suffering and restore calm, tranquility, and contentment on a deeper level.
The maintenance of community connections is not articulated in the client-centred care philosophy, but was an important contributor to contentment.
Last is the placement of the patient on the continuum between contentment and distress.
Its aim was as much to provide the rich with contentment as the poor.
Furthermore, the author offers only fleeting and qualified evidence of any happiness, contentment or 'good days ' in the lives of these old people in decline.
Perhaps we cannot, in the end, compare a short, noble life of great heroism and a long life of ordinary contentment.
At least for this group of seniors, it appeared that contentment would be increased by incorporating such universals into programme policies.
Admittedly, this very low figure may have owed as much to cost as to widespread marital contentment.
Local contentment with democratic forestry processes and practices should be incentive enough to carry out fair and environmentally friendly logging activities.
The third was that contentment resulted when there was a good fit between their expectations and experience.
For others, it meant an acceptance of the performance in a spirit of contentment without an effort to change.
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