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Discontent
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet. Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York. Shak. The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent. Hallam
2. A discontented person; a malcontent. [R.] Thus was the Scotch nation full of discontents. Fuller.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To deprive if content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy. Suckling.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. Jer. Taylor. Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet. Bunyan.