English → Latin
“dissatisfaction” in Latin
molestiatrouble, troublesomeness, irksomeness; uneasiness, annoyance; molestationtaediumweariness, tedium, boredom, ennui; disgust, aversion, repugnance, loathing; sadness, grieffastīdiumloathing, disgust, disdain; squeamishness; fastidiousnessodiumhatred, ill-will, aversion, dislike, disgust, detestation, odium, loathing, enmity or their manifestation; the conditionadversusfacing, opposite; towards; againstindignātiōdispleasure, indignation, disdainfremōto murmur, mutter, grumble, growl at or after something; to complain loudly; to roar, growl, hum, rumble, buzz, howl, sn
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dissatisfaction
with anything, molestia with genitive (general term and indefinitely, the unpleasant feeling of what is onerous, offensive, or vexatious): taedium, fastidium, with genitive (disgust, weariness, loathing, etc.): odium, with genitive, or with in or adversus with accusative (hatred; vehement dislike, etc.): indignatio (repugnance, displeasure). [Vid: remark on “displicentia” in DISPLEASURE.] Dissatisfaction with one’s self, taedium, fastidium sui (Sen., de Tranq. 2, 4, and 8; displicentia sui, Sen.): to express dissatisfaction (of a crowd), fremere (i. e., by murmurs, etc; Liv., 3, 45, etc.); obstrepere alicui (by clamour): to my great dissatisfaction, cum magna mea molestia.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dissatisfaction?
- The usual Latin words for “dissatisfaction” are molestia, taedium, fastīdium; also odium, adversus, indignātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.