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Definition of Discontent
Discontent

Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.

To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.

Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet.

A discontented person; a malcontent.

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Discontent Quotations

The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Now is the winter of our discontent.
William Shakespeare

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.
Benjamin Franklin

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
Mohandas Gandhi

Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet hunger gnaws you. You have been loved, but your yearning wanders in new fields. And to prod all these there's time, the Bastard Time.
John Steinbeck

Discontent Translations

discontent in German is unzufrieden, Unzufriedenheit
discontent in Italian is malcontento
discontent in Spanish is disgustado


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