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malcontent
[ mal-kuhn-tent ]
adjective
- not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
- dissatisfied with the existing government, administration, system, etc.
noun
- a malcontent person, especially one who is chronically discontented or dissatisfied.
Synonyms: complainer, grumbler, faultfinder
malcontent
/ ˈmælkənˌtɛnt /
adjective
- disgusted or discontented
noun
- a person who is malcontent
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Other Words From
- malcon·tented·ly adverb
- malcon·tented·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of malcontent1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of malcontent1
C16: from Old French
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Example Sentences
Yet, through the favour of God, there are but few amongst us that are malcontent, and fewer that have cause to be so.
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Dimitri had the satisfaction of lending his support to this malcontent, as Olgerd had aided the Prince of Tver.
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White was adopted by the malcontent Irish as the French emblem.
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The simplest course for the malcontent is to find fault with the order of Nature and the Being who established it.
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Therefore I was the malady and it was a hell of malcontent beyond symbolical description.
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