MALCONTENTS Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

malcontents

noun

plural of malcontent

as in grumps

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Noun

For example, individuals that only eat small fish rather than shrimp and crabs get less astaxanthin, which can affect their coloration.

— Sara Hashemi, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026
During the 2015-16 season, for instance, Dungeness crabs off the coast of California were infected by a harmful algal bloom of Pseudo-nitzschia, which causes domoic acid poisoning in crabs, fish, birds and marine mammals.

— Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Definition of crabs

Noun

During the nineteenth century, an older form of abolitionism was led by Black radicals.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
In the early days of the republic, there were many radicals and reformers who shared my suspicion that patriotism was an evasion, substituting songs and speeches about liberty for the reality.

— Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 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

Noun

The event’s description and choice of speakers showed overlapping anti-government narratives used to garner sympathy for leftist and Islamic extremists alike.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2026
Swatting is just one criminal element associated with 764, which federal authorities have characterized as a network of nihilistic violent extremists.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of extremists

Noun

Questions about whose interests Infantino is serving have developed beyond average cynics who tend to suspect this type of thing.

— Simon Hughes, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Trump’s insistence on lower rates isn’t helping matters, and cynics argue that Warsh doesn’t want to make the president angry.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

Definition of cynics

Noun

Indeed, antisemitisms prove that a society can hold contradictory images simultaneously, such as the fact that the Jews are both anarchists out to destroy capitalism as well as capitalists out to exploit the working class.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
In July 1936, anarchists set fire to the church’s crypt and broke into the architect’s workshop before destroying many of his plans and plaster models.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 8 June 2026

Definition of anarchists

Noun

Still, White believes there’s a way to let naysayers know how the Hornets can be a good team in a tough conference.

— Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2026
For Season 3, Saldaña, 48, took her physical preparation to new levels, in part to silence any naysayers.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of naysayers

Noun

While social media detractors complained about the cost, others cheered the prospect of helping to keep freight rail in Connecticut alive.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026
Abdul El-Sayed’s win in Michigan marks the second primary defeat of a candidate backed by Chuck Schumer — and adds to the Senate minority leader’s potential detractors next year.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of detractors

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