malcontents

noun

plural of malcontent
1
as in grumps

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as in discontents

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as in misanthropes

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  1. crabs
  2. radicals
  3. misanthropes
  4. extremists
  5. cynics
  6. anarchists
  7. naysayers
  8. detractors
Noun
  • The waterfront features a whiskey distillery, green spaces and restaurants offering local delicacy options, like steamed crabs and crab cakes.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The shrimp are ready first, then bowls of crabs, and clams and sea mollusks.
    — Aube Rey Lescure, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of crabs
Noun
  • The light generates highly reactive chlorine radicals that activate carbon atoms along the polymer chains without destroying them.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, along with the left wing organization’s leaders, have been willing to engage with its anchors even as Fox News opinion hosts paint them as dangerous radicals.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of radicals
Noun
  • The story follows a rag-tag group of misanthropes who attempt to rob jewels from the Vatican.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Clavicular is the poster child—though by no means the most extreme representative—of the looksmaxxing movement, the latest permutation of an ideology developed by too online misogynist misanthropes in the twenty-tens.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026
Definition of misanthropes
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  • Struck by the negative representations of Arabs in the media, Odeh was appointed regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, whose East Coast offices had been targeted by extremists in 1985.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • In Nice, far-right extremists fought with demonstrators downtown and 11 people were arrested, regional authorities said.
    — Thomas Adamson, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of extremists
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  • Williams led the Bears to an NFC North title and a playoff victory last season, but some cynics think the Bears are due for a regression this season.
    — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • That the earnestness the genre requires galls us cynics, who love to hide in our books, away from all those pesky bodies in the first place?
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of cynics
Noun
  • The situation on the ground is unpredictable because the students, communists, anarchists, anti-Israel and other protesters that have collaborated to make France a worse place to visit in recent days might do something no one expects.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The effects of these publications were hardly only theoretical, as Italian anarchists exerted a powerful influence on labor strikes.
    — Ed Simon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of anarchists
Noun
  • In a sign of investors being able to tune out naysayers, Kalshi just completed a raise at a $40 billion valuation, having only crossed $1 billion in the summer of 2025.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Yes, the Gamecocks are certainly playing with a much bigger chip on their shoulder after hearing the naysayers rightfully create enough noise across the country to be heard in Columbia.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of naysayers
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  • The clash between left-wing political commentator Hasan Piker and his media detractors is moving from the chatroom to the courtroom.
    — Abigail Sylvor Greenberg, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The protests earned a mixture of admiration and condemnation, and the actions’ detractors now even include the National Gallery’s director, who addressed Just Stop Oil in a new Telegraph profile.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of detractors
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