Discontentment

//dɪskənˈtɛntmənt// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A state of dissatisfaction or discontent. countable, uncountable

    "By this that ſtraunger knight in preſence came, / And goodly ſalued them; who nought againe / Him anſwered, as courteſie became, / But with ſterne lookes, and ſtomachous diſdaine, / Gaue ſignes of grudge and diſcontentment vaine: […]"

  2. 2
    a longing for something better than the present situation wordnet

Synonyms

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banblackballcold comfortcomplaintdim viewdisagreement

Example

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"Everything this boy says oozes discontentment. I have to wonder about his parents."

Etymology

From dis- + contentment.

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