discontentedness

Questions about discontentedness

What does discontentedness mean?

discontentedness means "a longing for something better than the present situation".

How many syllables are in discontentedness?

discontentedness has 5 syllables: dis-con-ten-ted-ness. The stress falls on "ten". In IPA it is /ˌdɪskənˈtɛntɪdnəs/.

What is another word for discontentedness?

Close synonyms include discontentment, discontent. 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.

Is discontentedness a common word?

discontentedness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.