Dissatisfy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dissatisfy \Dis*sat"is*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissatisfied};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissatisfying}.]
     To render unsatisfied or discontented; to excite uneasiness
     in by frustrating wishes or expectations; to displease by the
     want of something requisite; as, to be dissatisfied with
     one's fortune.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           The dissatisfied factions of the autocracy. --Bancroft.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dissatisfy
       v : fail to satisfy [ant: {satisfy}]
       [also: {dissatisfied}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "dissatisfy":
     baffle, balk, bilk, cast down, cross, dash, defeat,
     defeat expectation, disappoint, discontent, disgruntle, dishearten,
     disillusion, displease, foil, frustrate, let down, put out,
     tantalize, tease, thwart