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dis⋅con⋅tent⋅ed

   [dis-kuhn-ten-tid]
–adjective
not content or satisfied; dissatisfied; restlessly unhappy: For all their wealth, or perhaps because of it, they were discontented.
Origin:
1485–95; discontent + -ed 2
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Language Translation for : Discontented
Spanish: descontento, German: unzufrieden, Japanese: 不満な
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dis·con·tent     (dĭs'kən-těnt')  Pronunciation Key 
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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dis·con·tent·ed     (dĭs'kən-těn'tĭd)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Restlessly unhappy; malcontent.
dis'con·tent'ed·ly adv., dis'con·tent'ed·ness n.
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discontented

adjective
showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing; "saw many discontent faces in the room"; "was discontented with his position" [ant: content] 

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Discontented

Dis`con*tent"ed\, p. p. & a. Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent.

And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him. --1 Sam. xxii. 2. -- Dis`con*tent"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis`con*tent"ed*ness, n.

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