Discontent
Nouns
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discontent, discontentment
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dissatisfaction
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dissent etc. Dissent. disappointment, mortification
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cold comfort
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regret etc. Regret
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repining, taking on etc. v.
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heart-burning, heart-grief
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querulousness etc. (lamentation) [Expression of pain.] Lamentation
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hypercriticism. inquietude, vexation of spirit, soreness
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worry, concern, fear etc. Fear. [person who is discontented] malcontent, grumbler, growler, croaker, dissident, dissenter
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censurer, complainer, fault-finder, murmerer. cave of Adullam, indignation meeting, winter of our discontent" [Henry VI]
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with what I most enjoy contented least" [Shakespeare].
Verbs
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be discontented etc. adj.
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quarrel with one's bread and butter
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repine
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regret etc. Regret
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wish one at the bottom of the Red Sea
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take on, take to heart
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shrug the shoulders
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make a wry face, pull a long face
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knit one's brows
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look blue, look black, look black as thunder, look blank, look glum. take in bad part, take ill
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fret, chafe
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grumble, croak
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lament etc. [Expression of pain.] Lamentation. cause discontent etc. n.
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dissatisfy, disappoint, mortify, put out, disconcert
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cut up
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dishearten.
Adjectives
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discontented
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dissatisfied etc. v.
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unsatisfied, ungratified
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dissident
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dissentient etc. Dissent
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malcontent, malcontented, exigent, exacting, hypercritical. repining etc. v.
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regretful etc. Regret
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down in the mouth etc. (dejected) Dejection. in high dudgeon, in a fume, in the sulks, in the dumps, in bad humor
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glum, sulky
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sour as a crab
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soured, sore
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out of humor, out of temper. disappointing etc. v.
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unsatisfactory. frustrated (failure) Failure.
Phrases
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that won't do, that will never do, it will never do
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poor in abundance, famished at a feast" [Young].