as in dissatisfied
having a feeling that one has been wronged or thwarted in one's ambitions
he was becoming increasingly discontented with his dead-end job and his dead-end life
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as in displeased
to make discontented
the ongoing lack of decent food discontented and demoralized the soldiers in the rebel army
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Recent Examples of discontented
Amanda Castro
hannah Parry
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
More divorce patterns have emerged over recent decades Carol Lee Roberts, president of the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts, dismisses the idea that discontented couples hold out on splitting up over sentimental reasons.
—Vanessa Romo, NPR, 5 June 2025
Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
While Mojtaba is ideologically aligned with his father, Khomeini is viewed as a more moderate figure who could appeal to a discontented public and ease international tensions.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
More divorce patterns have emerged over recent decades Carol Lee Roberts, president of the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts, dismisses the idea that discontented couples hold out on splitting up over sentimental reasons.
—Vanessa Romo, NPR, 5 June 2025
Verb
Humans are the only animals known to be discontented with natural selection.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discontented
Adjective
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However, the players union, the Professional Women’s Hockey League Players Association, dissatisfied with the PHF, formed its own league, the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL).—
Chris Deubert,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Others are dissatisfied with how their school districts are doing academically.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Lawmakers, understandably, were displeased.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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Some Democrats who remained in Washington were displeased.—
Rachael Dziaba,
ABC News,
6 Aug. 2025
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Xu said, noting that frustrated clients began moving funds to Japan, Hong Kong and Dubai instead.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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Service is also a realistic story about a frustrated middle-aged former journalist and aspiring novelist idling in an ultra-low-paying job.—
Susan Coll
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Everyone Lee comes into contact with is at minimum annoyed with him most of the time, if not outright hating him.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 2025
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Keanu, still annoyed from the veto ceremony, talked to Ava Pearl in the HOH room and called Rachel a liar.—
David Wysong,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Discontented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discontented. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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