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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
malcontent \mal"con*tent`\, a. [F., fr. mal ill + content. See
Malice, Content.]
discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied
with the government. [Written also malecontent.]
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The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. --Milner.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
malcontent
adj : discontented as toward authority [syn: disaffected, ill-affected,
rebellious]
n : a person who is discontented or disgusted
WordNet (r) 2.0
101 Moby Thesaurus words for "malcontent":
agitator, alienated, anarch, anarchist, beefing, bellyacher,
bellyaching, bitching, brawler, complainant, complainer,
complaining, complaintful, contumacious, crab, crabbing, crabby,
crank, cranky, croaker, croaking, disaffected, disappointed,
discontent, discontented, disgruntled, disobedient, displeased,
dissatisfied, envious, estranged, extremist, factious, faultfinder,
faultfinding, frondeur, griever, griper, griping, grouch, grouchy,
grouser, grousing, growler, growling, grumbler, grumbling,
insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist,
insurrecto, kicker, killjoy, kvetch, lamenter, malcontented,
maverick, mourner, murmurer, murmuring, mutineer, mutterer,
muttering, nonconformist, out of humor, peevish, petulant,
querulant, querulous, querulous person, reactionary, reactionist,
rebel, rebellious, resentful, restive, restless, revolter,
revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, seditious, sorehead,
sourpuss, spoilsport, subversive, sulky, traitor, unaccepting,
unaccommodating, uneasy, unfulfilled, ungovernable, ungratified,
unhappy, unruly, unsatisfied, wet blanket, whiner, whiny
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent in the muddle, malcontent uprisings, rebellious, Search the Web, the malcontent
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