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malcontent

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Adjective, Noun
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mal=con=tent

CIDE DICTIONARY

malcontenta. [F., fr. mal ill + content. See Malice, Content.].
     discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government.  [1913 Webster]
    "The famous malcontent earl of Leicester."  [1913 Webster]
malcontentn. [F. malcontent.].
     One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a government; one who expresses his discontent by words or overt acts.  Spenser. Berkeley.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

malcontent, n. & adj.
--n. a discontented person; a rebel.
--adj. discontented or rebellious.

Etymology
F (as MAL-, CONTENT(1))

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

malcontent

Opponent

N opponent, antagonist, adversary, adverse party, opposition, enemy, the other side, assailant, oppositionist, obstructive, brawler, wrangler, brangler, disputant, filibuster, obstructionist, malcontent, Jacobin, Fenian, demagogue, reactionist, rival, competitor, bete noir.

Discontent

N discontent, discontentment, dissatisfaction, dissent, disappointment, mortification, cold comfort, regret, repining, taking on, heart-burning, heart-grief, querulousness, hypercriticism, inquietude, vexation of spirit, soreness, worry, concern, fear, malcontent, grumbler, growler, croaker, dissident, dissenter, laudator temporis acti, censurer, complainer, fault-finder, murmerer, cave of Adullam, indignation meeting, winter of our discontent, with what I most enjoy contented least, discontented, dissatisfied, unsatisfied, ungratified, dissident, dissentient, malcontent, malcontented, exigent, exacting, hypercritical, repining, regretful, down in the mouth, in high dudgeon, in a fume, in the sulks, in the dumps, in bad humor, glum, sulky, sour as a crab, soured, sore, out of humor, out of temper, disappointing, unsatisfactory, frustrated (failure), Int, so much the worse!, that won't do, that will never do, it will never do, curtae nescio quid semper abest rei, ne Jupiter Quidem omnibus placet, poor in abundance, famished at a feast, discontent, discontentment, dissatisfaction, dissent, disappointment, mortification, cold comfort, regret, repining, taking on, heart-burning, heart-grief, querulousness, hypercriticism, inquietude, vexation of spirit, soreness, worry, concern, fear, malcontent, grumbler, growler, croaker, dissident, dissenter, laudator temporis acti, censurer, complainer, fault-finder, murmerer, cave of Adullam, indignation meeting, winter of our discontent, with what I most enjoy contented least, discontented, dissatisfied, unsatisfied, ungratified, dissident, dissentient, malcontent, malcontented, exigent, exacting, hypercritical, repining, regretful, down in the mouth, in high dudgeon, in a fume, in the sulks, in the dumps, in bad humor, glum, sulky, sour as a crab, soured, sore, out of humor, out of temper, disappointing, unsatisfactory, frustrated (failure), Int, so much the worse!, that won't do, that will never do, it will never do, curtae nescio quid semper abest rei, ne Jupiter Quidem omnibus placet, poor in abundance, famished at a feast.


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