discontent

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"Finding it to come thus scantily," said Howard, "it breeds a marvellous alteration among them But more dangerous than the pestilence or the discontent was the misunderstanding which existed at the moment between the leading admirals of the English fleet.

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  1. noun Absence of contentment; dissatisfaction.
  2. noun A restless longing for better circumstances.
  3. noun One who is discontented.

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  1. from Old French descontent = Italian discontento, scontento, adjective; as dis- privative + content, a.
  2. = Italian scontento, n.; as dis- privative + content, n. Cf. discontent, a.
  3. from Old French descontenter, descontanter, discontent; as dis- privative + content, v.
 

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/dɪskənˈtɛnt/
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