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Webster 1913 Edition


Discontented

Disˊcon-tent′ed

,
p.
p.
&
Adj.
Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent.
Disˊcon-tent′ed-ly
,
adv.
Disˊcon-tent′ed-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Discontented

DISCONTENTED

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pp.
or a. Uneasy in mind; dissatisfied; unquiet; as, discontented citizens make bad subjects.

Definition 2024


discontented

discontented

English

Adjective

discontented (comparative more discontented, superlative most discontented)

  1. Experiencing discontent, dissatisfaction.
    After her injury, Alice was a discontented woman.
  2. Of or pertaining to discontent.
    He lived a discontented life.
    • 1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl:
      Clara, like many self-willed and discontented persons, was really very apt, without knowing it, to do as other people told her, and to let her destiny be decided for her by intelligences much below her own.

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