Discontent

Quick meaning: Discontent is a noun meaning (uncountable) Dissatisfaction.

Meaning

(uncountable) Dissatisfaction.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) A longing for better times or circumstances.
2. (countable) A discontented person; a malcontent.
3. To deprive of contentment; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.
4. Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.

Example Sentences

[...] Paſſion seemed to be much diſcontent, but Patience was very quiet. Then Chriſtian aſked, What is the reaſon of the diſcontent of Paſſion.

Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing.

Now is the winter of our diſcontent, / Made glorious ſummer by this ſonne of Yorke: / And all the cloudes that lowrd vpon our houſe, / In the deepe boſome of the Ocean buried.

Another source of discontent with the Phase I stock has been obviated by relocation of the interior heating elements and the introduction of thermostatic control; this has eradicated the searing blasts of hot air passengers used to feel about their calves [...].

Word Forms

• discontents
• discontenting
• discontented

Synonyms for discontent

Depending on context, synonyms include discontentment, discontented, discontentedness.

Antonyms for discontent

Common opposites include content, contentment.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include disgruntled, malcontent, dissatisfied, disaffected, unsatisfied, restless.

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