malcontent

mal·con·tent (m

n-t

)

adj.

Dissatisfied with existing conditions.

1. A chronically dissatisfied person.

2. One who rebels against the established system: "immature malcontents who have long since sold out to conformity" (John M. Wilson).

malcontent [ˈmælkənˌtɛnt]

adj

disgusted or discontented

a person who is malcontent

[from Old French]

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Noun	1.	malcontent - a person who is discontented or disgusted individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" caviler, caviller, quibbler, pettifogger - a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections sorehead - someone who is peevish or disgruntled squabbler - someone who quarrels about a small matter
Adj.	1.	malcontent - discontented as toward authority disaffected, ill-affected, rebellious discontent, discontented - showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing; "saw many discontent faces in the room"; "was discontented with his position"

malcontent

noun

troublemaker, rebel, complainer, grumbler, grouser, agitator, stirrer (informal), mischief-maker, grouch (informal), fault-finder Five years ago, a band of malcontents seized power.

adjective

discontented, unhappy, disgruntled, dissatisfied, disgusted, rebellious, resentful, disaffected, restive, unsatisfied, ill-disposed, factious The film follows three malcontent teenagers around Paris.

Translations

malcontent [ˈmælkənˈtent]

A. ADJ → malcontento, desafecto, revoltoso

B. N → malcontento/a m/f, desafecto/a m/f, revoltoso/a m/f

malcontent

adj → unzufrieden

n → Unzufriedene(r) mf

malcontent [ˈmælkənˌtɛnt] n (frm) → malcontento/a, insoddisfatto/a

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Boulangism Camorra Caviler caviller curmudgeon disaffected discontented discontentedly discontentedness disgruntled factional Frondeur grouch ill-affected malcontented Malecontent Marston pettifogger quibbler	Denisov, not being a member of the family, did not understand Pierre's caution and being, as a malcontent, much interested in what was occurring in Petersburg, kept urging Pierre to tell them about what had happened in the Semenovsk regiment, then about Arakcheev, and then about the Bible Society. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context This prince, besides his ill will to Sultan Segued, which was kept up by some malcontents among the Abyssin nobility, who, provoked at the conversion of their master, were plotting a revolt, entertained an inveterate hatred against the Portuguese for the death of his grandfather, who had been killed many years before, which he swore the blood of the Jesuits should repay. A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context Who can determine what might have been the issue of her late convulsions, if the malcontents had been headed by a Caesar or by a Cromwell? Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context	Malay Malay apple Malay Archipelago Malay Peninsula Malay States Malaya Malayalam Malayan Malayan tapir Malayo-Polynesian Malaysia Malaysia Militant Group Malaysian Malaysian monetary unit Malaysian Mujahidin Group Malbrouck Malcolm Malcolm III Malcolm Little Malcolm Lowry Malcolm stock Malcolm X Malcolmia Malcolmia maritima malconformation malcontent malcontented maldanian Malden maldistribution Maldivan Maldive Islands Maldives Maldivian Maldon Male Malé male aristocrat male berry male body male bonding male chauvinism male chauvinist male chauvinist pig male chest male child male erecticle dysfunction male fern male genital organ male genitalia male genitals	Malcolm, George Malcolm, John Malcolm, Norman Malcolm, Norman Malcolm-x Malcolm-x Malcolm-x Malcolm-x Malcolmia Malcolmia Malcolmia maritima Malcolmx Malcolmx Malcolmx Malcolmx Malcom Smith Racing Malcom X Malcom X Malcom X Malcom X Malcom X Little Malcom X Little Malcom X Little Malcom X Little Malcomia maritima Malcomx Malcomx Malcomx Malcomx malconformation malcontent malcontented malcontented malcontents malcontents MALCP MALCS Malczewski, Antoni MALD Malda Malda Malda Town Maldacena duality Maldaha maldanian Maldanidae Maldaninae Malde MALDEF Malden Malden Malden Malden (disambiguation) Malden (disambiguation) Malden (disambiguation) Malden and Coombe Malden Army Airfield Preservation Society Malden Everett Family Network Malden High School Malden Mills Malden Neighborhood Basketball League

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Boulangism
Camorra
Caviler
caviller
curmudgeon
disaffected
discontented
discontentedly
discontentedness
disgruntled
factional
Frondeur
grouch
ill-affected
malcontented
Malecontent
Marston
pettifogger
quibbler

Denisov, not being a member of the family, did not understand Pierre's caution and being, as a malcontent, much interested in what was occurring in Petersburg, kept urging Pierre to tell them about what had happened in the Semenovsk regiment, then about Arakcheev, and then about the Bible Society.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

This prince, besides his ill will to Sultan Segued, which was kept up by some malcontents among the Abyssin nobility, who, provoked at the conversion of their master, were plotting a revolt, entertained an inveterate hatred against the Portuguese for the death of his grandfather, who had been killed many years before, which he swore the blood of the Jesuits should repay.

A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context

Who can determine what might have been the issue of her late convulsions, if the malcontents had been headed by a Caesar or by a Cromwell?

Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context

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