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Definition of Malcontent
1. Noun. A person who is discontented or disgusted.
Specialized synonyms: Caviler, Caviller, Pettifogger, Quibbler, Sorehead, Squabbler
2. Adjective. Discontented as toward authority.
Similar to: Discontent, Discontented
Derivative terms: Rebellion, Rebellion, Rebelliousness
Definition of Malcontent
1. a. discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government.
2. n. One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a government; one who expresses his discontent by words or overt acts.
Definition of Malcontent
1. Adjective. dissatisfied with current conditions; discontented ¹
2. Noun. a person who is not satisfied with current conditions; a discontented person ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Malcontent
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Malcontent
1. Discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government. Alternative forms: malecontent] "The famous malcontent earl of Leicester." (Milner) Origin: F, fr. Mal ill + content. See Malice, Content. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Malcontent
Literary usage of Malcontent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. John Webster and the Elizabethan Drama by Rupert Brooke (1916)
"APPENDIX E.—"THE malcontent" The malcontent was published in 1604, in two editions.
The title-page of the first reads: THE malcontent. BY JOHN MARSTON. ..."
2. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets who Lived about the Time of Shakspeare by Charles Lamb (1813)
"The malcontent describes himself. I cannot sleep, my eyes' ill neighbouring lids
Will hold no fellowship. O thou pale sober night, Thou that in sluggish ..."
3. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes by Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist, John Payne Collier (1825)
"... count CELSO before, and GUERRINO. Pietro. Where breathes that musick ? Bilioso.
The discord rather than the musick is heard from the malcontent ..."
4. The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to by Henry Hallam (1876)
"In addition to them, he> discovered the intrigues of the French ambassadors with
his malcontent Commons. He perceived, also, that by bringing home the Duke ..."
5. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne by Adolphus William Ward (1899)
"... or The Fawne (printed 1606) is in subject a kind of complement to The malcontent.
Duke Hercules of Ferrara (a historical personage, though he is no ..."
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