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Webster 1913 Edition

Discontent

Disˊcon-tent′

(dĭsˊkŏn-tĕnt′)
,
Adj.
Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.
Jer. Taylor.
Passion seemed to be much
discontent
, but Patience was very quiet.
Bunyan.

Disˊcon-tent′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Discontented
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Discontenting
.]
To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.
Suckling.

Disˊcon-tent′

,
Noun.
1.
Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet.
Now is the winter of our
discontent

Made glorious summer by this sun of York.
Shakespeare
The rapacity of his father’s administration had excited such universal
discontent
.
Hallam
2.
A discontented person; a malcontent.
[R.]
Thus was the Scotch nation full of
discontents
.
Fuller.

Webster 1828 Edition

Discontent

DISCONTENT

,
Noun.
[dis and content.] Want of content; uneasiness or inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction at any present state of things.

DISCONTENT

,
Adj.
Uneasy; dissatisfied.

DISCONTENT

,
Verb.
T.
To make uneasy at the present state; to dissatisfy.

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