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dis⋅con⋅tent

  [dis-kuhn-tent]
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–adjective
1. not content; dissatisfied; discontented.
–noun
2. Also, dis⋅con⋅tent⋅⋅ment. lack of content; dissatisfaction.
3. a restless desire or craving for something one does not have.
4. a malcontent.
–verb (used with object)
5. to make discontented; dissatisfy; displease.
Origin:
1485–95; dis- 1 + content 2

Synonyms:
2. uneasiness, inquietude, restlessness, displeasure. See dissatisfaction.
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dis·con·tent   (dĭs'kən-těnt')   
n.  
    1. Absence of contentment; dissatisfaction.
    2. A restless longing for better circumstances.
  2. One who is discontented.
adj.  Discontented.
tr.v.   dis·con·tent·ed, dis·con·tent·ing, dis·con·tents
To make discontented.
dis'con·tent'ment n.
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Discontent

Dis`con*tent"\ (d[i^]s`k[o^]n*t[e^]nt"), a. Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. --Jer. Taylor.

Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet. --Bunyan.

Discontent

Dis`con*tent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontented; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontenting.] To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy. --Suckling.

Discontent

Dis`con*tent"\, n. 1. Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet.

Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York. --Shak.

The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent. --Hallam

2. A discontented person; a malcontent. [R.]

Thus was the Scotch nation full of discontents. --Fuller.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Discontent
Spanish: descontento, malestar,
German: die Unzufriedenheit,
Japanese: 不満
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discontent 
1494, from dis- "not" (see dis-) + content (adj.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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