malcontent

malcontent
adj
1. discontent, discontented, dissatisfied, disgruntled, unhappy, displeased, unsatisfied; uneasy, unquiet, restless, nervous, restive, irritated, agitated; concerned, worried, perturbed, disturbed; gloomy, morose, sad, blue, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast; sulky, pouting, complaining, fault-finding, grumpy, edgy, hard to get along with, with a chip on one's shoulder.
2. factious, dissentious, rebellious, Inf. loaded for bear; contumacious, contrary, perverse, pigheaded, defiant, refractory, ungovernable.
n
3. discontent, fault-finder, Inf. sorehead; churl, grouch, grumbler, complainer, Sl. beefer, Sl. bellyacher; mumbler, mutterer, murmurer.
4. negativist, nihilist, obstructionist; agitator, fo-menter, insurrectionist, rebel, revolutionary

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  • malcontent — malcontent, ente (mal kon tan, tan t ) adj. 1°   Qui n est pas content. •   Le galant [le renard] aussitôt Tire ses grègues, gagne au haut, Malcontent de son stratagème, LA FONT. Fabl. II, 15. •   Afin que personne ne soit malcontent, PASC. Prov …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • malcontent — mal con*tent , a. [F., fr. mal ill + content. See {Malice}, {Content}.] discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government. [Written also {malecontent}.] [1913 Webster] The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. Milner …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Malcontent — Mal con*tent , n. [F. malcontent.] One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a government; one who expresses his discontent by words or overt acts. Spenser. Berkeley. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • malcontent — 1580s, noun and adjective, from Fr. malcontent; see MAL (Cf. mal ) + CONTENT (Cf. content) (adj.). Related: Malcontented; malcontentedly; malcontentedness …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Malcontent — (franz., spr. mallkongtāng), unzufrieden, mißvergnügt; vgl. Malkontenten …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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  • malcontent — MALCONTÉNT adj., s. v. contestatar, protestatar. Trimis de siveco, 04.03.2009. Sursa: Sinonime …   Dicționar Român

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