Lexic.us

Definition of Discontent

1. Adjective. Showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing. "Was discontented with his position"

2. Verb. Make dissatisfied. "The performance is likely to discontent Sue"

3. Noun. A longing for something better than the present situation.

Definition of Discontent

1. a. Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.

2. v. t. To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.

3. n. Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet.

Definition of Discontent

1. Noun. Dissatisfaction. ¹

2. Noun. A longing for better times or circumstances. ¹

3. Noun. A discontented person. (see also ''malcontent''). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Discontent

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Discontent

disconnects disconnexion disconnexions disconsecrate disconsecrated disconsecrates disconsecrating disconsolacy disconsolate disconsolated

disconsolately disconsolateness disconsolation disconsolations disconsonant discontent (current term) discontentation discontentations discontented discontentedly

discontentedness discontentful discontenting discontention discontentions discontentive discontentment discontentments discontents discontiguous

Literary usage of Discontent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1907)
"INDIAN POVERTY AND discontent. 1. Life and Labour of the People in India. ... There are classes of persons who manifest lively discontent with British rule, ..."

2. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Henry Hart Milman (1865)
"But the only effect of these indecent declamations was to increase the public discontent. All the marks of respect which had usually been shown to the ..."

3. The History of Rome by Wilhelm Ihne (1871)
"For at this very time the signs of discontent and disobedience multiplied among the subjects of Rome in Italy, whilst the news that arrived from Spain, ..."

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