Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: discontent
IPA transcription: [dɪskənt'ɛnt]
Pronunciations of discontent
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: discontented, discontent
    Meaning: showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing; "saw many discontent faces in the room"; "was discontented with his position"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: discontentment, discontent, discontentedness
    Meaning: a longing for something better than the present situation
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: discontent
    Meaning: make dissatisfied
Usage examples
  • The greatest misery and discontent is in the more backward communities.
  • "Nothing can make her worth more than she is, Judy," I said, perhaps with some discontent in my tone.
  • His discontent was modified by the time he reached his own door, and took his latch-key out of his pocket.
  • For the first time a tariff law had protection for its object, and for the first time it produced discontent.
  • From first to last, through the long war, there was neither grumbling, nor discontent, nor insubordination among the troops.
  • On the other hand, the tenant under the renting contract has little motive for improvement, and many occasions for discontent.
  • The dissenting clergy are, as my husband says was the case in England before the great civil war, the fomenters of this discontent.
  • Wealth, I said, and poverty; the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.
  • Wealth had grown so strong, that the few were about to strangle the many, and among the great masses of the people, there was sullen and rebellious discontent.
  • The foolish child felt her heart swelling with discontent; for what woman was ever satisfied with apparent neglect, even when she knows it to be the mask of love?
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Elizabeth II, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Beatles, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording John Day (printer), License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Iron Curtain, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording World War I, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of Lebanon, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Omayra Sánchez, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of Russia, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Oriel College, Oxford, License CC BY-SA 4.0