About The Word Discontent
Learn about the word Discontent to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Discontent definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Discontent
| Discontent Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Discontent?
[n] a longing for something better than the present situation
[v] make dissatisfied Synonyms | Synonyms for Discontent: discontentedness | discontentment Related Terms | Find terms related to Discontent: aggravation | anger | angst | anguish | annoyance | anxiety | asperity | bad humor | bad temper | ban | be tedious | bile | biliousness | blackball | blackballing | bore | boredom | causticity | cheerlessness | choler | complaint | corrosiveness | dim view | disagreement | disappoint | disappointment | disapprobation | disapproval | discomfort | discompose | discomposure | discontentedness | discontentment | disenchantment | disesteem | disfavor | disgruntle | disgruntled | disgruntlement | dishearten | disillusion | disillusionment | dislike | displease | displeasure | disquiet | disrespect | dissatisfaction | dissatisfied | dissatisfy | dissent | distaste | dread | dullness | emptiness | ennui | exasperation | exclusion | existential woe | flatness | gall | grimness | humorlessness | ill humor | ill nature | ill temper | indignation | infelicity | infestivity | inquietude | irritation | joylessness | lack of pleasure | leave unsatisfied | low estimation | low opinion | malaise | malcontent | malcontented | mirthlessness | misery | nausea | nongratification | nonsatisfaction | objection | opposition | opposure | ostracism | painfulness | protest | put out | rejection | resentfulness | resentment | savorlessness | sourness | spleen | staleness | tastelessness | tediousness | tedium | thumbs-down | uncheerfulness | uncomfortableness | unease | uneasiness | ungratified | unhappiness | unhappy | unjoyfulness | unmirthfulness | unpleasure | unsatisfaction | vexation | vexation of spirit | wretchedness See Also | disgruntlement | dissatisfaction | dissatisfy | dysphoria | longing | yearning Discontent In Webster's Dictionary \Dis`con*tent"\ (d[i^]s`k[o^]n*t[e^]nt"), a.
Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. --Jer. Taylor.
Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was
very quiet. --Bunyan.
\Dis`con*tent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discontented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discontenting}.] To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy. --Suckling. \Dis`con*tent"\, n. 1. Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet. Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York. --Shak. The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent. --Hallam 2. A discontented person; a malcontent. [R.] Thus was the Scotch nation full of discontents. --Fuller. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Petaurista petaurista ‐ East Indian…
- Wallace stevens ‐ United States poet…
- Crosstie ‐ one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track;…
- Whitish ‐ tending toward white [adj] resembling milk in color or cloudiness;…
- Lepista irina ‐ an edible agaric with large silky white caps and…
- Ponka ‐ the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Ponca people [n] a member of…
- Moss green ‐ of a moderate somewhat dull…
- Navy base ‐ base of operations for a…
- Mary ii ‐ Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; she was the eldest…
- Monopolization ‐ domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion…