discontent

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ content

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪskənˈtɛnt/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

discontent (countable and uncountable, plural discontents)

(uncountable) Dissatisfaction.
(uncountable) A longing for better times or circumstances.
- c. 1593, [William Shakespeare], The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. […] (First Quarto), London: Printed by Valentine Sims [and Peter Short] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1597, OCLC 55191490, [Act I, scene i]:
  Now is the winter of our diſcontent, / Made glorious ſummer by this ſonne of Yorke: / And all the cloudes that lowrd vpon our houſe, / In the deepe boſome of the Ocean buried.
(countable) A discontented person; a malcontent.

Related terms

discontented

Translations

dissatisfaction — see dissatisfaction

a longing for better times

Finnish: tyytymättömyys (fi)

a discontented person

Bulgarian: недоволник m (nedovolnik)
Czech: nespokojenec m
Finnish: tyytymätön (fi)

Icelandic: einhver sem er óánægður m, einhver sem er óánægð f, eitthvað sem er óánægt, eitthvert sem er óánægt n, uppreisnarseggur m
Spanish: descontento (es)

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French: ^{(please verify)} mécontentement (fr), ^{(please verify)} protestation (fr)

German: ^{(please verify)} Unzufriedenheit (de) f

Verb

discontent (third-person singular simple present discontents, present participle discontenting, simple past and past participle discontented)

To deprive of contentment; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.

Adjective

discontent (comparative more discontent, superlative most discontent)

Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Jeremy Taylor to this entry?)
- Bunyan
  Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet.

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