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discontents

[dis-kuhn-tent] Origin

dis·con·tent

[dis-kuhn-tent]
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.

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Discontents is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
verb (used with object)
5.
to make discontented; dissatisfy; displease.

Origin:
1485–95; dis-1 + content2

pre·dis·con·tent, noun
pre·dis·con·tent·ment, noun


2. uneasiness, inquietude, restlessness, displeasure. See dissatisfaction.

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discontent
late 15c., from dis- "not" (see dis-) + content (adj.). Related: Discontented; discontentedly; discontentment.
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