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mal⋅con⋅tent

  [mal-kuhn-tent]
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–adjective
1. not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
2. dissatisfied with the existing government, administration, system, etc.
–noun
3. a malcontent person, esp. one who is chronically discontented or dissatisfied.
Origin:
1575–85; < MF, OF; see mal-, content 2

Related forms:
mal⋅con⋅tent⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
mal⋅con⋅tent⋅ed⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
3. grumbler, complainer, faultfinder.
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mal·con·tent   (māl'kən-těnt')   
adj.  Dissatisfied with existing conditions.
n.  
  1. A chronically dissatisfied person.
  2. One who rebels against the established system: "immature malcontents who have long since sold out to conformity" (John M. Wilson).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Malcontent

Mal"con*tent`\, a. [F., fr. mal ill + content. See Malice, Content.] discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government. [Written also malecontent.]

The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. --Milner.

Malcontent

Mal"con*tent`\, n. [F. malcontent.] One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a government; one who express his discontent by words or overt acts. --Spenser. Berkeley.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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malcontent  (n.)
1581, from Fr., from O.Fr. malcontent, from mal- (q.v.) + content. The adj. is attested from 1586.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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