Hypertext Webster Gateway: "discontent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Discontent \Dis`con*tent"\ (d[i^]s`k[o^]n*t[e^]nt"), a.
Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. --Jer. Taylor.
Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was
very quiet. --Bunyan.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Discontent \Dis`con*tent"\, n.
1. Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind;
dissatisfaction; disquiet.
Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious
summer by this sun of York. --Shak.
The rapacity of his father's administration had
excited such universal discontent. --Hallam
2. A discontented person; a malcontent. [R.]
Thus was the Scotch nation full of discontents.
--Fuller.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
discontent
adj : showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing;
"saw many discontented faces in the room"; "was
discontented with his position" [syn: {discontented}, {discontent(p)}]
[ant: {contented}]
n : a longing for something better than the present situation
[syn: {discontentment}, {discontentedness}] [ant: {contentment}]
v : make dissatisfied [ant: {content}]
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