All 6 Uses of
content
in
The God of Small Things
- So despite the early rumblings of discontent on the premises of Paradise Pickles, Chacko, in rehearsal for the Revolution, continued to play Comrade!†
Chpt 4 *discontent = 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.
- The early rumblings of discontent, concealed under a thick layer of loyalty.†
Chpt 8
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- Not content with having beaten his wife and daughter (Chacko was away at school), he tore down curtains, kicked furniture and smashed a table lamp.†
Chpt 8 *
- She opened it and rooted through the contents with all the delicacy of a dog digging up a flower bed.†
Chpt 13
- It had printed curtains hanging on the inside, hiding its contents.†
Chpt 14
- Net Contents, Batch No.†
Chpt 14
Definitions:
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(1)
(content as in: content with how things are) satisfied
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) 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.