2007-09-07 10:16:01 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I don't really think that covers it. It's not so much about getting what you can't have and dropping it to get something else you can't have as being dissatisfied always pining for what you can't have. Like the opposite of complacency.
2007-09-07 10:28:11 · update #1
Well--the opposite of contentment is dissatisfaction.
Perhaps one of these:
covetous
esurience
rapacity
gulosity
2007-09-11 13:30:22 · answer #1 · answered by maî 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Dissatisfied? Insatiable? Not sure really but the Stones sang a great song about it!
2007-09-07 10:24:02 · answer #2 · answered by katatins 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Greed
2007-09-15 07:43:43 · answer #3 · answered by Chef F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Malcontent is the word I learned for someone who is never satisfied and always wants things to be different, better. This person is discontented, sometimes resentful or whiny because he can't have everything his way.
2007-09-13 10:11:13 · answer #4 · answered by LeslieAnn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pipedreams?
2007-09-14 04:09:16 · answer #5 · answered by faylo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pining -- (a feeling of deep longing)
ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish -- (have a desire for something or someone who is not present; prolonged unfulfilled desire or need)
wishfulness -- (an unrealistic yearning)
wistfulness -- (a sadly pensive longing)
nostalgia -- (longing for something past)
2007-09-13 19:55:20 · answer #6 · answered by four feet six 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The precise word for wanting what you can't have is:
"Dis-content!
If you had what you wanted, you would be:
"Content."
The BIBLE says:
"Godliness with contentedness is great gain."
I pray you might discover GOD and be 'content'.
2007-09-15 06:31:11 · answer #7 · answered by Christian 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. therefore you covet your neighbors yard.
2007-09-15 05:32:58 · answer #8 · answered by busted 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ALWAYS??? A poor pathetic excuse for a human being who needs to get a life and enjoy what he/she can/does have.
2007-09-13 08:50:23 · answer #9 · answered by nean 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think there is an exact word, but these come pretty close...
discomfiture
nonfulfillment
unease
idealism
perfectionism
2007-09-13 01:43:56 · answer #10 · answered by Em 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋