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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:06:48

Dis`con*tent" (?), a.

Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.

Jer. Taylor.

Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet. Bunyan.

 

© Webster 1913.


Dis`con*tent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontented; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontenting.]

To deprive if content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.

Suckling.

 

© Webster 1913.


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.

 

© Webster 1913.


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