Malcontent

4 definitions found

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

  Malcontent \Mal"con*tent`\, n. [F. malcontent.]
     One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a
     government; one who expresses his discontent by words or
     overt acts. --Spenser. --Berkeley.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  malcontent \mal"con*tent`\, a. [F., fr. mal ill + content. See
     {Malice}, {Content}.]
     discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied
     with the government. [Written also {malecontent}.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. --Milner.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  malcontent
       adj : discontented as toward authority [syn: {disaffected}, {ill-affected},
              {rebellious}]
       n : a person who is discontented or disgusted

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

  101 Moby Thesaurus words for "malcontent":
     agitator, alienated, anarch, anarchist, beefing, bellyacher,
     bellyaching, bitching, brawler, complainant, complainer,
     complaining, complaintful, contumacious, crab, crabbing, crabby,
     crank, cranky, croaker, croaking, disaffected, disappointed,
     discontent, discontented, disgruntled, disobedient, displeased,
     dissatisfied, envious, estranged, extremist, factious, faultfinder,
     faultfinding, frondeur, griever, griper, griping, grouch, grouchy,
     grouser, grousing, growler, growling, grumbler, grumbling,
     insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist,
     insurrecto, kicker, killjoy, kvetch, lamenter, malcontented,
     maverick, mourner, murmurer, murmuring, mutineer, mutterer,
     muttering, nonconformist, out of humor, peevish, petulant,
     querulant, querulous, querulous person, reactionary, reactionist,
     rebel, rebellious, resentful, restive, restless, revolter,
     revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, seditious, sorehead,
     sourpuss, spoilsport, subversive, sulky, traitor, unaccepting,
     unaccommodating, uneasy, unfulfilled, ungovernable, ungratified,
     unhappy, unruly, unsatisfied, wet blanket, whiner, whiny