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

Discontent. [Obs.] Ascham.

nd 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 rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to. They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not re…

tinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.

Skillful plan; device. They employed every art to soothe . . . the discontented warriors. Macaulay.

Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.

idiot. Macaulay. Changelings and fools of heaven, and thence shut out. Wildly we roam in discontent about. Dryden.

A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry. Macaulay.

; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a comfortable life. My lord leans wondrously to discontent; His comfortable temper has forsook him: He is much out of health. Shak.

tiate; to appease. The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the nation. Hallam.

Rest or quietness of the mind in one's present condition; freedom from discontent; satisfaction; contentment; moderate happiness. Such is the fullness of my heart's content. Shak.

Discontented; dissatisfied. [R.] Shak.

appearance; show; pretense. [Obs.] The election being done, he made countenance of great discontent thereat. Ascham. In countenance, in an assured condition or aspect; free from shame or dismay. "It puts the learned in countenance, and gives them a place among the fashionable part of mankind." Addison. -- Out of coun…

alienate or diminish the affection of; to make unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness. They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his majesty's late army. Clarendon.

Displeasure; discontent; annoyance. [Obs.] Chaucer.