discontent
adjective
not content; dissatisfied; discontented.
discontentedly
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a word derived from
discontent.
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a word derived from
discontented.
discontentedadjectivenot content or satisfied; dissatisfied; restlessly unhappy.
Example Sentences
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When they make their fabled entrance into their disheveled house, it’s George who now mutters discontentedly, “What a dump!”
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2018
The three Prozoroff sisters and their brother Andrey live discontentedly in a dull provincial town.
From Time Magazine Archive
His people brought him a little supper of chocolate and sweet cakes and fruit, and he stared at the food discontentedly.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
He stared vaguely, discontentedly, in the direction of the windows.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
The Disagreeable Young Man enters; yawns; stretches discontentedly; slouches here and there; picks up a volume from the table, then falls into a couch at right and, lighting a cigarette, begins to read.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
