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Discontented   /dˌɪskəntˈɛntɪd/   Listen
Discontented

adjective
1.
Showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing.  Synonym: discontent.  "Was discontented with his position"  Antonym: contented.


Discontent

verb
(past & past part. discontented; pres. part. discontenting)
1.
Make dissatisfied.  Antonym: content.



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... clergy are less trampled on and less discontented? No. Bishops have been tried against the laws of the State and in contempt of the respect due to their sacred persons. We have seen, in consequence, Algerine corsairs commanded by an archbishop. Men ...
— Cinq Mars, Complete • Alfred de Vigny
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... occupy public functions, in which success can be attained without any necessity for self-direction or the exhibition of the least glimmer of personal initiative. At the bottom of the social ladder the system creates an army of proletarians discontented with their lot and always ready to revolt, while at the summit it brings into being a frivolous bourgeoisie, at once sceptical and credulous, having a superstitious confidence in the State, whom it regards as a sort of Providence, but without forgetting to display towards ...
— The Crowd • Gustave le Bon
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... for one moment believe the general statement put forward to the effect that the troops are disheartened. Neither that statement nor the assertion that they are discontented with the British Officers commanding them has the ...
— Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 • Ian Hamilton
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... seemed wisest, and so I grew discontented, and went down to the boat and bade the men take my arms and few ...
— King Olaf's Kinsman - A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in - the Days of Ironside and Cnut • Charles Whistler
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... certain discontented young women who studied "Science and Health" under the tutorage of its author, and they soon became too transcendental to perform the useful duties of life, posing as teachers of the "utterly utter." It monopolized the feeble intellects of some farmers' boys, ...
— The Gentleman from Everywhere • James Henry Foss
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