as in dissatisfaction
the condition of being dissatisfied with one's life or situation
widespread discontentment with the way the club was being run
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Recent Examples of discontentment
Further discontentment also stemmed from Fennell’s general spearheading of the project, given her affinity for the salacious and the fact that the pic is not billed as a modern retelling.
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Tom Tapp, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
Jay expresses his discontentment.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
Tom Tapp, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
Jay expresses his discontentment.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discontentment
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Gabby is hiding a few secrets as well, that boil down to money troubles and a dissatisfaction with the way her supposedly glamorous life has turned out.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Problems that could be addressed, like my dissatisfaction with my office job, seemed insurmountable.—
Elizabeth Kelsey,
Time,
26 Jan. 2026
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But this is a volume that builds and surprises on many fronts, the cacophony of love and discontent reifying into filigreed depictions of the familial ties that bind.—
Chloe Schama,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2026
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Tech Hamiltonians see things differently, and are open to reducing immigration if that could alleviate blue-collar discontent.—
Walter Russell Mead,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Discontentment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discontentment. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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