About The Word Discontent
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Discontent
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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. |
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