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discontent — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

Quality-approved learning entryAdjectiveLevel C1

discontent

Unhappy or dissatisfied with a situation, especially because expectations are not being met.

IPAUK /ˌdɪskənˈtent/

Main stress falls on the third syllable.

Meaning 1neutral · 85%

Unhappy or dissatisfied with a situation, especially because expectations are not being met.

A discontent minority demanded another vote.

Many tenants remained discontent despite the repairs.

Her discontent colleagues began looking elsewhere.

Discontented is usually more natural when describing an individual person’s feelings; discontent is frequent as a noun.

discontent workers — employees dissatisfied with working conditions

discontent voters — voters unhappy with current circumstances

Both can modify a group, but discontented is often the more idiomatic adjective for a person.

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Which phrase uses discontent as an adjective?

A less common adjective than discontented; appears attributively before groups or predicatively with a complement such as with.