discontented

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[ UK /dˌɪskəntˈɛntɪd/ ]
[ US /ˌdɪskənˈtɛntɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing
    was discontented with his position
    saw many discontent faces in the room
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How To Use discontented In A Sentence

  • One day he announced that he was "discontented" once more, and should remain so till he had "found a hose-in-hose. Mary's Meadow; and Letters From a Little Garden
  • Murti is a misreading for apurti or discontentedness. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
  • Union members are not only discontented with the increase on offer but also the pay differential between staff and to the proposal that any pay increase be backdated only to May 1.
  • The official corruption discontented the people.
  • Tired and discontented housewives found their vague sorrows and vaguer longings were only the result of their "unregenerate" state; the lazy country youths felt that the frustration of their small ambitions lay in their not being Trent's Trust, and Other Stories
  • The 18th minute, because assigns a penalty discontentedly to the president of the jury, Tan Wangsong obtains this competition's 2nd yellow card to punish enters the stage.
  • Their reference is to the middle-class norm of the discontented housewife.
  • Some living with Morgellons become so discontented, they channel frustration toward the one person they can associate with the disease.
  • A discontented student body frequently boycotted classes over various grievances, such as discriminatory practices in medicine.
  • This type is not necessarily that of a woman whose daughter has married, but the type of a depressed woman of about fifty, aboulic, discontented with herself and others, domineering, and jealous, because she suffers from the mania of being loved though she is incapable of acquiring any one's affection. A Psychiatric Milestone Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1921
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