Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contenting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables: con-tent-ing
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Producing contentment; pleasing or satisfying.

verb

present participle and gerund of content

Example Sentences

"To preserve the rights of justice, and to give a contenting answer to the cry of mercy, to wipe off, as I may say, the tears of one, and smooth the frowns of the other, God lays our iniquity upon Christ, Isa . 53. 6."
"you can daily retire into yourself, and there peruse a richer treasure than bodily eyes on earth can see; and there be taken up with a far more contenting satisfactory employment , and a more fruitful and pleasant converse and recreation, than any you, creature in court or country can afford;"
"It was very contenting and relaxing to the senses ."
"Yet it comes over me that to sit on the grass at the Horse Show tomorrow with L. will be very contenting."

Inflected Forms

more contenting (comparative) most contenting (superlative)

Derived Forms

uncontenting

Questions

What does contenting mean?: Producing contentment; pleasing or satisfying.

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