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Discontented definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISCONTENTED, pp. or a. Uneasy in mind; dissatisfied; unquiet; as, discontented citizens make bad subjects.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1525 dissatisfied, malcontent • discontentedly adverb • discontentedness noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you are discontented, you are not satisfied with your situation. The government tried to appease discontented workers. = dissatisfied ADJ: oft ADJ with n

Moby Thesaurus

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