contented
Speech parts
1. contented - Adjective
2. contented - Verb
Meaning
Content; easy in mind; satisfied; quiet; willing.
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a contented smile
According to the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia : "While Thrasamund (496–523), owing to his religious fanaticism, was hostile to Catholics, he contented himself with bloodless persecutions".
Camus claims that when Sisyphus acknowledges the futility of his task and the certainty of his fate, he is freed to realize the absurdity of his situation and to reach a state of contented acceptance.
I am contented, now, to watch as my friends, foes and acquaintances curate an endless stream of extremely ordinary content from inside their own homes.
A diet of grubs and grass makes for exceptionally tasty eggs and contented chickens, and their nitrogenous manure feeds the pasture.
“I am not going back elated (due to the horrors he witnessed), as I at one time dreamt I would, but I am going back contented.