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Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent. And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him. 1 Sam. xxii. 2. -- Dis`con*tent"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis`con*tent"ed*ness, n.

Full of discontent. [R.]

Discontented. [Obs.] Shak.

Relating or tending to discontent. [R.] "Pride is ever discontentive." Feltham.

The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude. Bacon.

To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash. How would one look from his majestic brow . . . Discountenance her despised! Milton. The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation. Sir W. Scott.

One who discountenances; one who disfavors. Bacon.

The state of being discriminated; distinctness.

pe; to depress the spirits of; to deject. Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened. Macaulay.

Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.

dictedness to sinful pleasures; debauchery; dissipation. Chivalry had the vices of dissoluteness. Bancroft.

To deprive of sweetness. [R.] Bp. Richardson.

To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch. [R.] But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven Distended as the brow of God appeased Milton.

The quality or capacity of being distensible. [R.]

Capable of being distended or dilated.

Same as Distention.

Distending, or capable of being distended.

Distended. [Poetic] Thomson.

The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs.

A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate.