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
  • Within a few hours the couple, both in their mid-40s, has filled the boat with shellfish, sea urchins, mussels and crabs that Leviñanco will sell at the market in Melinka, the main island in the Guaitecas Archipelago.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • One employee pulls out crabs with a small net before letting a customer take their pick of the lot.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of crabs
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  • Anti-gun and anti-ICE radicals are breaking laws and quite literally leaving their mark on New York City.
    — Kelsie Cairns , Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Two common types of plastic — polyethylene and polypropylene, used widely to make food containers, packaging, milk jugs and bottle caps — produced the most hydroxyl radicals detected by the researchers.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of radicals
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  • 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
Noun
  • 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
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  • Democrats would be wise to ignore the naysayers and take the win.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Perhaps if it had been marketed as a quirky arthouse film, critical expectations might have been tempered and the naysayers’ assessments a bit less savage.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of naysayers
Noun
  • Historically, each president's detractors have seen midterms as an opportunity, while his supporters have often been complacent — or at least less motivated.
    — Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
  • With support from Jeff Yass, a Pennsylvania hedge-fund billionaire who is committed to school vouchers, Abbott got detractors voted out of office.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
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