discontent
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adjective \ˌdis-kən-ˈtent\Definition of DISCONTENT
See Examples of DISCONTENT
- Polls show that voters are growing increasingly discontent.
- <a novel about a woman who is desperately discontent with the stifling limitations of her small-town life>
First Known Use of DISCONTENT
15th century
Related to DISCONTENT
- Synonyms
- aggrieved, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied, malcontent
Rhymes with DISCONTENT
accident, aliment, Blaenau Gwent, circumvent, compartment, complement, compliment, confident, devilment, diffident, document, evident, heaven-sent, implement, incident, instrument, Jack-a-Lent, malcontent, nonevent, Occident, ornament, orient, provident, regiment, reinvent, represent, re-present, resident, Saint-Laurent, sediment, self-content, subsequent, supplement
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nounDefinition of DISCONTENT
: lack of contentment: a : a sense of grievance : dissatisfaction <the winter of our discontent — Shakespeare> b : restless aspiration for improvement
First Known Use of DISCONTENT
1534
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transitive verbDefinition of DISCONTENT
: to make discontented
— dis·con·tent·ment \-mənt\ noun
Examples of DISCONTENT
- <the ongoing lack of decent food discontented and demoralized the soldiers in the rebel army>
First Known Use of DISCONTENT
1549
Related to DISCONTENT
- Synonyms
- disaffect, disgruntle, displease, dissatisfy
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