DISCONTENT

a. v. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. Jer. Taylor. Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet. Bunyan.

2.
v.

To deprive if content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy. Suckling.

3.
n.

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

4.
n.

A discontented person; a malcontent. [R.] Thus was the Scotch nation full of discontents. Fuller.