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Discontentment

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A state of dissatisfaction or discontent.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state of being uneasy in mind; dissatisfaction; inquietude; discontent.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a longing for something better than the present situation

Word Usage

"LUCKNOW: Trying to set aside speculation about "discontentment" among some Congress leaders over his bonhomie with former BJP leader Kalyan Singh, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said the "new-found friendship" would neither harm the party's secular face nor is it going to cast any shadow on the SP-Congress alliance."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

yearning hungriness longing

Hyponym

disgruntlement dissatisfaction dysphoria

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discontent

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

uneasiness inquietude

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

grumpiness turmoils feel ever-restless unquietness