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English Dictionary: discontent by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
discontent
adj
  1. showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing; "saw many discontent faces in the room"; "was discontented with his position"
    Synonym(s): discontented, discontent
    Antonym(s): content, contented
n
  1. a longing for something better than the present situation
    Synonym(s): discontentment, discontent, discontentedness
    Antonym(s): contentment
v
  1. make dissatisfied
    Antonym(s): content
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Discontent \Dis`con*tent"\ (d[icr]s`k[ocr]n*t[ecr]nt"), a.
      Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. --Jer. Taylor.
  
               Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was
               very quiet.                                             --Bunyan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Discontent \Dis`con*tent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discontented};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Discontenting}.]
      To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.
      --Suckling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Discontent \Dis`con*tent"\, n.
      1. Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind;
            dissatisfaction; disquiet.
  
                     Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious
                     summer by this sun of York.               --Shak.
  
                     The rapacity of his father's administration had
                     excited such universal discontent.      --Hallam
  
      2. A discontented person; a malcontent. [R.]
  
                     Thus was the Scotch nation full of discontents.
                                                                              --Fuller.
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