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malcontent

adj
/ˈmal.kən.tɛnt/UK/ˈmæl.kənˌtɛnt/US

Etymology

From Middle French malcontent, from mal- + content; compare Late Latin malecontentus.

  1. derived from malecontentus
  2. derived from malcontent

Definitions

  1. Dissatisfied with current conditions

    Dissatisfied with current conditions; disaffected, discontented, rebellious.

    • [Alban] Butler also commends the piety of Simon Montfort, the persecutor of the Albigenses, and the father of the famous malcontent earl of Leicester, who flourished in the reign of king Henry III.
    • Sir, I will stake any thing short of my salvation, that those who are malcontent now, will be more malcontent three years hence, than they are at this day. I have no favor for this Constitution.

  2. A person who is not satisfied with current conditions

    A person who is not satisfied with current conditions; a discontented person, a rebel.

    • The diſcord rather than the muſick is heard from the malcontent Malevole's chamber.
    • For is it not eaſy to ſee, that a Prince made odious and contemptible, will ſoon be removed from his Throne, when it is in the Power of the Malecontents to bring about ſuch a fatal Revolution?

  3. A state of discontentment or dissatisfaction

    A state of discontentment or dissatisfaction; something that causes discontent.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To cause discontent or dissatisfaction.

      • […] James Bond adventure with a Ward Bond delivery, reams of malcontenting and anti-literary remarks, first-class manipulation of Anglo-Saxon's juicier words, and quotations from the Great Books and from William Kite's notebook.

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Derived

malcontentism

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at malcontent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01malcontent02satisfied03satisfaction04contentment05contented06content07acquiescence08discontent

A definitional loop anchored at malcontent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at malcontent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA