| NOUN | feeling | discontent, discontentment, discontentedness | a longing for something better than the present situation |
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| ADJECTIVE | all | discontent, discontented | showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing |
| VERB | emotion | discontent | make dissatisfied |
| Sounds | dihskahnteh'nt | |
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| Rhymes | accent ... vent: 69 rhymes with ehnt... | |
| Meaning | showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing. | |
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| Synonym | discontented | |
| Narrower | disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious | discontented as toward authority |
| disgruntled, dissatisfied | In a state of sulky dissatisfaction | |
| restless, ungratified, unsatisfied | Worried and uneasy | |
| See also | displeased | not pleased |
| unhappy | Experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent | |
| Opposite | contented, content | satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are |
| Spanish | descontento | |
| Nouns | discontent | a longing for something better than the present situation |
| Meaning | A longing for something better than the present situation. | |
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| Synonyms | discontentment, discontentedness | |
| Narrower | disgruntlement | A feeling of sulky discontent |
| dissatisfaction | The feeling of being displeased and discontent | |
| dysphoria | Abnormal depression and discontent | |
| Broader | longing, yearning, hungriness | prolonged unfulfilled desire or need |
| Opposite | contentment | happiness with one's situation in life |
| Spanish | descontento, inconformidad, insatisfacción | |
| Catalan | descontentament, disgust | |
| Adjectives | discontent | showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing |
| Verbs | discontent | make dissatisfied |
| Meaning | make dissatisfied. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to discontent Sue | |
| Broader | dissatisfy | fail to satisfy |
| Opposite | content | make content |
| Spanish | descontentar | |
| Nouns | discontentment, discontent | a longing for something better than the present situation |
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