Meanings
comparative more discontented · superlative most discontented
- Experiencing discontent, dissatisfaction.
After her injury, Alice was a discontented woman.
- Of or pertaining to discontent.
He lived a discontented life.
1 more example
Clara, like many self-willed and discontented persons, was really very apt, without knowing it, to do as other people told her, and to let her destiny be decided for her by intelligences much below her own.
1912, Cather, Wil[el]la Sibert (author), The Bohemian Girl, published 1912, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2020
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of discontent
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveshowing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Englishcontented
- Englishdiscontented
Translations
Māori muhumuhu, kāore i te ngākau nui
- muhumuhuexperiencing discontent, dissatisfaction
- kāore i te ngākau nuiof or pertaining to discontent
Romanian nemulțumit, nesatisfăcut
- nemulțumitexperiencing discontent, dissatisfaction
- nesatisfăcutexperiencing discontent, dissatisfaction
- nemulțumitof or pertaining to discontent
- nesatisfăcutof or pertaining to discontent
Spanish descontento, descontento
- descontentoexperiencing discontent, dissatisfaction
- descontentoof or pertaining to discontent
Turkish hoşnutsuz, hoşnutsuz
- hoşnutsuzexperiencing discontent, dissatisfaction
- hoşnutsuzof or pertaining to discontent
Cite this entry
discontented. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discontented
“discontented.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discontented. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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