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Meanings of
discontentment
in English
Portuguese
discontentamento
Catalan
descontentament
Spanish
descontento
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A longing for something better than the present situation.
discontent
dissatisfaction
discontentedness
contentment
Portuguese
discontentamento
Usage of
discontentment
in English
1
To hunt for lead, denotes discontentment, andaconstantchangingof employment.
2
Their discontentmentshooktheveryair, and cold perspiration stood on our brows.
3
He could have preached a discourse upon Success, to quiet the discontentmentof theunseated
4
Wakefield and Mr. Gould, and, to the great discontentmentof theformer,Mrs.Gouldlikewise.
5
If she dreams that she is a nun, it portends her discontentmentwithpresentenvironments
6
Why are there so many anxious hearts, so much unrest, so many
discontentments
and fears?
7
These periods of discontentmentseemedespeciallytotrouble him in the spring before farm work began.
8
A dead swan, foretells satiety and discontentment
9
The sources of contentment and discontentment arediscoverable,therefore,withoutgoing into a metaphysical examination of the subject.
10
His absence permitted the general feeling of apprehension and discontentmentmoreopenexpressionthan it would otherwise have had.
11
Discontentment
courses through his body.
12
Orsino's face betrayed his discontentment
13
He should cultivate discontentment
14
The proposal met with general applause, only the sisters showed discontentment,declaringtheycouldnot agree to such a presumptuous plan.
15
5 Gave signs of grudge and discontentmentvain
16
Who, in discontentmentat his ownpoorlot,wouldventure on revolution, knowing that the king himself could condescend to constitutional control?
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discontentment
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
cultivate discontentment
denotes discontentment
great discontentment
quiet the discontentment
show discontentment
Translations for
discontentment
Portuguese
discontentamento
Catalan
descontentament
Spanish
descontento
inconformidad
Discontentment
through the time