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expression

• This the unseen root word of disconsolate and means the opposite, i.e. consoled or soothed.
  
  Compare to content.
  
  After finding a better job, Tim was consolate about his firing

  Last edited on May 04 2017. Submitted by Dr. P.D. Fisher on May 04 2017.

adjective

• very content.

  Guy: Are you okay?
  
  Girl: Oh, yes! I'm content as a cucumber.

  Last edited on Sep 06 2010. Submitted by Joella G. from Portales, NM, USA on Nov 20 2008.

• a device, especially a complex one.

  Last edited on Mar 13 2005. Submitted by Tom D. from Orlando, FL, USA on Mar 13 2005.

noun

• a person who obsessively insists on always being in control of the situation.

  Last edited on Dec 16 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 03 2004.

noun

• Usually refers to a dominant female in a relationship.

  He can't go out with us tonight, the Control Tower said he wasn't clear for takeoff.

  This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. It will be saved from deletion if legitimate citations are found.

  Last edited on May 01 2013. Submitted by DiMossi from Sarasota, FL, USA on Mar 15 2000.