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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Discontented \Dis`con*tent"ed\, p. p. & a.
     Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           And every one that was in distress, and every one that
           was in debt, and every one that was discontented,
           gathered themselves unto him.            --1 Sam. xxii.
                                                    2.
     -- {Dis`con*tent"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`con*tent"ed*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  discontented
       adj : showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing;
             "saw many discontent faces in the room"; "was
             discontented with his position" [syn: {discontent}]
             [ant: {contented}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  94 Moby Thesaurus words for "discontented":
     acid, against, angry, annoyed, beefing, bellyaching, bitching,
     browned off, caustic, cheerless, complaining, complaintful, con,
     corrosive, crabbing, crabby, cranky, croaking, disappointed,
     disapprobatory, disapproving, discontent, disenchanted,
     disgruntled, disillusioned, displeased, dissatisfied, dissenting,
     envious, exasperated, faultfinding, fed up, feeling evil, fretful,
     grim, griping, grouchy, grousing, growling, grumbling, humorless,
     in bad humor, indignant, infestive, irritated, joyless, low,
     malcontent, malcontented, mirthless, miserable, murmuring,
     muttering, opposed, opposing, out of humor, out of sorts,
     out of temper, peevish, petulant, piqued, pissed off, pleasureless,
     poor, querulant, querulous, rebellious, resentful, restive,
     restless, sorry, sorryish, sulky, testy, turned-off, unaccepting,
     unaccommodating, unappreciative, unapproving, uncheerful, uncheery,
     uncomplimentary, uneasy, unfavorable, unfulfilled, ungratified,
     unhappy, unjoyful, unmirthful, unsatisfied, unsmiling, vexed,
     whiny, wretched
  
  

















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