Dis`con*tent" (?), a. Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.
Jer. Taylor.
Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet.
Bunyan.
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Dis`con*tent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontented; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontenting.] To deprive if content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.
Suckling.
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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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