Meaning of MALCONTENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'malkun`tent
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- [n] a person who is discontented or disgusted
- [adj] discontented as toward authority
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| | Synonyms: | | disaffected, discontent(p), discontented, ill-affected, rebellious |
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| | See Also: | | human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | |
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\Mal"con*tent`\, a. [F., fr. mal ill + content. See
{Malice}, {Content}.]
discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied
with the government. [Written also {malecontent}.]
The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. --Milner.
\Mal"con*tent`\, n. [F. malcontent.]
One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a
government; one who express his discontent by words or overt
acts. --Spenser. Berkeley.
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