DISCONTENTS Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

discontents

verb

present tense third-person singular of discontent

as in displeases

to make discontented the ongoing lack of decent food discontented and demoralized the soldiers in the rebel army

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Those subpoenas were withdrawn on Thursday in a New York courtroom — just one of the arenas where the president, in his second term, has been seeking to control media coverage that displeases him.

— Jocelyn Noveck, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Patel hasn’t been reluctant to fight back against reporting that displeases him.

— David Bauder, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026

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