Antonym: content. Similar words: discontentment, discontinue, discontinuance, content, contentment, malcontent, contention, contentious. Meaning: [‚dɪskən'tent]
n. a longing for something better than the present situation. v. make dissatisfied. adj. showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing.
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121 But the unions' unpopularity in the wake of the Winter of Discontent and Labour's electoral decline also weakened the movement.
122 Second, and more threatening, there was grass-roots discontent at Baldwin's indolent approach to the tasks of opposition.
123 He would be unwise to underestimate the disruptive potential of its particular form of divine discontent.
124 A great upsurge of popular discontent and nationalism led to the formation of a government headed by Mohammad Mussadeq.
125 So again,[sentencedict.com/discontent.html] there is no evidence whatsoever of substantial discontent with the credit arrangement which people use.
126 Instead there seems to be an increasing amount of discontent among people, especially the more highly educated sections of society.
127 But the problems and discontent of today far outstrip the grumblings heard in 1964.
128 Gone was the haunting melancholy, the air not so much of discontent as of incompleteness.
129 Thus ideas and principles are taken over, redefined, and reapplied in order to structure and manage discontent and political rebellion.
130 The election results were attributed to discontent with economic reform among voters.
131 Discontent in women interested him; it gave him a conversational opening, a place to plant his seeds of compassion.
132 Peasant disturbances might be running at a low level, but evidence was mounting of severe discontent in the overpopulated black-earth regions.
133 If they are correct, welfare costs and political discontent could escalate.
134 Wolfensohn has also had to face internal rumblings of discontent at his authoritarian methods.
135 He has often shown himself ready to make concessions when faced with genuine mass discontent.
136 The discontent of the monarchists and Falangists was as nothing by comparison with the rage felt by the regime's left-wing opponents.
137 The discontent with de Gaulle's policies, which had been building steadily since 1958, suddenly burst into the open.
138 Such conditions fuelled discontent and facilitated the spread of radical ideas.
139 Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. Oscar Wilde ![](/images/enter.jpg)
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140 Louth was much involved in the Lincolnshire Rising after the dissolution of the abbey in 1536 caused grave discontent in the town.
141 Fear, indeed, appears to be growing that extremists may well try to exploit public discontent.
142 There was a noticeable discontent with parliamentary practices and institutions.
143 When rates are discounted in this way by substantial amounts, bad feeling and discontent may well develop on the site.
144 They contributed tactlessly to a general discontent.
145 The news roused discontent and indignation of the workers.
146 They are the focus of political discontent and agitation.
147 The workforce were smoldering with discontent.
148 Workers have stored up discontent against their box.
149 Discontent stemmed from low pay and poor working conditions.
150 A rising tide of discontent.
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