Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)To cause discontent or dissatisfaction.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. While the bureaucracy comes up with sweetly technical terms like "less advantaged," the slums brim with malcontent.

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  2. The malcontents repeatedly protested in the streets this Spring.

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Origin

From Middle French malcontent, from mal- + content; compare Late Latin malecontentus.

From Middle French malcontent, from mal- + content; compare Late Latin malecontentus.

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Forms

malcontents, malcontenting, malcontented, malcontented
Base formmalcontent · to malcontent
3rd person singularmalcontents
Present participlemalcontenting
Past simplemalcontented
Past participlemalcontented

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymalcontent
he, she, itmalcontents

Past simpleLesson

all personsmalcontented

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave malcontented
he, she, ithas malcontented

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill malcontent

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
maladyB2malaisemalariaB2malarkeymaleB1malevolentmalformation
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