All 17 Uses
content
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
(Edited)
- One or two stiff gales and the springing of a leak are accidents which experienced navigators scarcely remember to record, and I shall be well content if nothing worse happen to us during our voyage.
p. 23.7content = satisfied
- …under such circumstances I should certainly have thrown Agrippa aside and have contented my imagination, warmed as it was, by returning with greater ardour to my former studies.
p. 41.1
- In spite of the intense labour and wonderful discoveries of modern philosophers, I always came from my studies discontented and unsatisfied.
p. 41.5discontented = not satisfiedstandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in discontented means not or opposite. It reverses the meaning of contented as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
- As a child I had not been content with the results promised by the modern professors of natural science.
p. 48.1content = satisfied
- The blue lake and snow-clad mountains—they never change; and I think our placid home and our contented hearts are regulated by the same immutable laws.
p. 66.2
- They did not appear rich, but they were contented and happy; their feelings were serene and peaceful, while mine became every day more tumultuous.
p. 133.8 *
- "You are in the wrong," replied the fiend; "and instead of threatening, I am content to reason with you."
p. 147.7
- What I ask of you is reasonable and moderate; I demand a creature of another sex, but as hideous as myself; the gratification is small, but it is all that I can receive, and it shall content me.
p. 148.5content = satisfy
- My companion will be of the same nature as myself and will be content with the same fare.
p. 149.1content = satisfied
- During my youthful days discontent never visited my mind, and if I was ever overcome by ennui, the sight of what is beautiful in nature or the study of what is excellent and sublime in the productions of man could always interest my heart and communicate elasticity to my spirits.
p. 165.6discontent = dissatisfactionstandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in discontent means not or opposite. It reverses the meaning of content as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
- Chase away your idle fears; to you alone do I consecrate my life and my endeavours for contentment.
p. 193.9contentment = satisfaction
- But death was no evil to me if the loss of Elizabeth were balanced with it, and I therefore, with a contented and even cheerful countenance, agreed with my father that if my cousin would consent, the ceremony should take place in ten days, and thus put, as I imagined, the seal to my fate.
p. 195.3contented = satisfied
- She looked forward to our union with placid contentment, not unmingled with a little fear, which past misfortunes had impressed, that what now appeared certain and tangible happiness might soon dissipate into an airy dream and leave no trace but deep and everlasting regret.
p. 195.7contentment = satisfaction
- "Be happy, my dear Victor," replied Elizabeth; "there is, I hope, nothing to distress you; and be assured that if a lively joy is not painted in my face, my heart is contented."
p. 197.2contented = satisfied or happy
- And now, behold, with the first imagination of danger, or, if you will, the first mighty and terrific trial of your courage, you shrink away and are content to be handed down as men who had not strength enough to endure cold and peril; and so, poor souls, they were chilly and returned to their warm firesides.
p. 217.7content = satisfied
- I am content to suffer alone while my sufferings shall endure; when I die, I am well satisfied that abhorrence and opprobrium should load my memory.
p. 223.5
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- But the cursory glance my father had taken of my volume by no means assured me that he was acquainted with its contents, and I continued to read with the greatest avidity.
p. 41.2 *contents = what was inside it
Definitions:
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(1)
(content as in: content with how things are) satisfied
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(2)
(meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus) The word forms content and contents are also commonly used to refer to what is inside something else.