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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Discontent

/(dĭs`kŏn*tĕnt")/ · Dis·con·tent · IPA /ˌdɪskənˈtɛnt/
01 a. Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.
  1. 1.
    Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.
    “Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet.” — Bunyan.
02 v. t. To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.
imp. & p. p. Discontented; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontenting
  1. 1.
    To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.
03 n. Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet.
  1. 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.” — Shak.
    “The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent.” — Hallam.
  2. 2.
    A discontented person; a malcontent.[R.]
    “Thus was the Scotch nation full of discontents.” — Fuller.