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discontent

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1. discontent - Noun

2. discontent - Adjective

3. discontent - Verb

Meaning

Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.

To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.

Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet.

A discontented person; a malcontent.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet hunger gnaws you. You have been loved, but your yearning wanders in new fields. And to prod all these there's time, the Bastard Time. John Steinbeck

For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. Thomas Edison

Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing. Kenneth Grahame

Those who are discontent to remain in one place will not earn much. Russian Proverb

Poverty breeds discontent. Spanish Proverb

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