as in dissatisfied
having a feeling that one has been wronged or thwarted in one's ambitions
he was becoming increasingly discontented with his dead-end job and his dead-end life
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as in displeased
to make discontented
the ongoing lack of decent food discontented and demoralized the soldiers in the rebel army
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Recent Examples of discontented
Joey Sims, Vulture, 10 May 2024
Players remain discontented following a slow-moving offseason in which stars such as Blake Snell, Cody Bellinger and Matt Chapman settled for short-term deals and Jordan Montgomery remains unsigned.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2024
Yet history shows that a positive agenda may not be necessary for a group of discontented powers to cause disruption.
—Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
The frustrated energy that zero-COVID once incited has transformed into a malaise of discontented resignation.
—Christina Knight, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2024
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Adjective
The line is from Goethe’s Faust, the story of a discontented intellectual who sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for unlimited pleasure.
—Joey Sims, Vulture, 10 May 2024
Players remain discontented following a slow-moving offseason in which stars such as Blake Snell, Cody Bellinger and Matt Chapman settled for short-term deals and Jordan Montgomery remains unsigned.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2024
Yet history shows that a positive agenda may not be necessary for a group of discontented powers to cause disruption.
—Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
The frustrated energy that zero-COVID once incited has transformed into a malaise of discontented resignation.
—Christina Knight, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discontented
Adjective
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Several House Democrats were already dissatisfied with the way social equity protections had played out for marijuana and shared Johnson’s concerns about the impact on small businesses.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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Sixty-nine percent of people were dissatisfied with the way income and wealth are distributed, and 72% of people were dissatisfied with the size and influence of major corporations.—
Cory Smith,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2025
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As submissions to The Satchel show, Bills fans are more frustrated than ever with general manager Brandon Beane.—
Tim Graham,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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He’s been given every reason to be angry, frustrated, and cynical, toward the specific people coming after him and the world at large.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2025
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Big, sometimes uncontrollable emotions are a normal part of growing up, and gentle parents at least try to not dismiss their or get annoyed with their kids when those challenging moments come up.—
Alex Vance,
Parents,
27 Dec. 2024
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Initially annoyed by his bubbly personality, Jovie eventually warms up to Buddy, and the pair fall in love.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
21 Dec. 2024
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“Discontented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discontented. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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