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Malcontent
Definitions
- 1 Dissatisfied with current conditions; disaffected, discontented, rebellious.
"[Alban] Butler also commends the piety of Simon Montfort, the persecutor of the Albigenses, and the father of the famous malcontent earl of Leicester, who flourished in the reign of king Henry III."
- 1 discontented as toward authority wordnet
- 1 A person who is not satisfied with current conditions; a discontented person, a rebel.
"The diſcord rather than the muſick is heard from the malcontent Malevole's chamber."
- 2 a person who is discontented or disgusted wordnet
- 3 A state of discontentment or dissatisfaction; something that causes discontent. obsolete
"If there was malcontent on his part, it did not spring from economic limitations alone, but also from the effect of these economic limitations upon his social and legal status as a small farmer. The state of constant indebtdness in which the contadino found himself contributed to his malcontent."
- 1 To cause discontent or dissatisfaction. obsolete, transitive
"[…] James Bond adventure with a Ward Bond delivery, reams of malcontenting and anti-literary remarks, first-class manipulation of Anglo-Saxon's juicier words, and quotations from the Great Books and from William Kite's notebook."
Etymology
From Middle French malcontent, from mal- + content; compare Late Latin malecontentus.
From Middle French malcontent, from mal- + content; compare Late Latin malecontentus.
From Middle French malcontent, from mal- + content; compare Late Latin malecontentus.
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