ADJECTIVE | all | discontented, discontent | showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing |
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Sounds | dih.skahnteh'ntihd | |
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Rhymes | abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd... |
Meaning | showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing. | |
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Example | "was discontented with his position" | |
Synonym | discontent | |
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 | discontentedness | a longing for something better than the present situation |
Adverbs | discontentedly | with discontent |
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