discontent

1. 1.

   showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing

   “saw many discontent faces in the room”

   “was discontented with his position”

   Synonymsdiscontented

   Similardisaffecteddisgruntledrestless

Other forms of discontent

plural

discontents·

past tense

discontented·

present participle

discontenting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about discontent

What does discontent mean?

discontent means "a longing for something better than the present situation". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in discontent?

discontent has 3 syllables: di-scon-tent. The stress falls on "tent". In IPA it is /dɪskənˈtɛnt/.

What is another word for discontent?

Close synonyms include discontentment, discontentedness, discontented. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of discontent?

The recorded antonyms are content.

Is discontent a common word?

discontent is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with discontent?

3 words rhyme with discontent. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.