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
Pierre Lemieux,
Twin Cities,
12 Dec. 2025
Theresa is easy not to notice in everyday life, and Keaton tapped into that ordinariness, along with the wanderlust that gripped so many discontented antiheroes of the 1970s.
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Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Humans are the only animals known to be discontented with natural selection.
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Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Understandably, the discontented then demand laws — subsidies, tax preferences, affirmative action and other legal privileges — that favor their side.
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Pierre Lemieux,
Twin Cities,
12 Dec. 2025
Theresa is easy not to notice in everyday life, and Keaton tapped into that ordinariness, along with the wanderlust that gripped so many discontented antiheroes of the 1970s.
—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
Claude has apparently sought to siphon users discontented with ChatGPT, unveiling an update in February that allows users to import their data from competitor AI chatbots.
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Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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
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The shooter fled, but authorities said staffers recognized the assailant as Abdulkareem, a dissatisfied patient.
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Research indicates hiring managers fear overqualified candidates may be dissatisfied, demand more, or leave quickly.
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Many of Furgeson’s subjects were displeased by his haughty musings, which would seem less out of place if he was garbed in a royal mantle and wielding a golden scepter.
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Bromley, displeased, asked for a show of hands from anyone who believed that this was the most interesting story Jamie had to tell about himself.
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Yet many leaders remain frustrated.
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Goldman, who has been repeatedly slammed by Lander on the issue, was clearly frustrated and upset, saying that the AIPAC attack could lead to more antisemitism.
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David goes on a tour of the past 250 years and is deeply annoyed by every facet of it.
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There were more infamous incidents, such as when Dave Hodge was visibly annoyed at the network cutting away from a Montreal Canadiens-Philadelphia Flyers game tied late in regulation to show a news broadcast.
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“Discontented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discontented. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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