as in dissatisfied
having a feeling that one has been wronged or thwarted in one's ambitions
she seems like a very malcontent person, always acting as if the entire world were out to get her
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Recent Examples of malcontent
Crispin Hunt, Billboard, 22 May 2019
But prominent leaders — not least, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany — warned that a jilted European Union would be in no mood to extend Britain a rewarding deal, lest other malcontent members take encouragement to go for the exits.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 23 June 2016
Tim Lammers, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
But what sets Bader apart from his fellow contextual malcontents, and perhaps what makes his art so likeable and thereby effective, is a consistent throughline of bizarro humor.
—Jeff Gibson, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
The South West is a healing mecca for artists and malcontent media sorts, new age travelers, purveyors of crystals and surfers seeking budget California on the beaches of the Cornish Atlantic.
—Crispin Hunt, Billboard, 22 May 2019
But prominent leaders — not least, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany — warned that a jilted European Union would be in no mood to extend Britain a rewarding deal, lest other malcontent members take encouragement to go for the exits.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 23 June 2016
Noun
Sim stars as Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, a malcontent businessman who sees the light after he is visted by three Christmas ghosts.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
But what sets Bader apart from his fellow contextual malcontents, and perhaps what makes his art so likeable and thereby effective, is a consistent throughline of bizarro humor.
—Jeff Gibson, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malcontent
Adjective
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The board had grown dissatisfied with the direction Wojcicki was taking the company.—
Bruce Gil,
Quartz,
29 Jan. 2025
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But simply being dissatisfied doesn’t amount to much.—
Nathan Lewis,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Timothée Chalamet sings Dylan, and grumps just like him too in the new official trailer for James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
8 Oct. 2024
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As a fiery academic dealing with unsuspecting success, Wright out-curmudgeons the mighty Giamatti, gives an irascible grump a big heart, and, as one of our great character actors, makes the most of his spotlight.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
7 Mar. 2024
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Watchdog group Citizens for Ethics expressed discontent, suggesting that Trump's golf outings are at the taxpayers' expense, a sentiment echoed by others on social media.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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The judges publicly voiced their discontent in a trio of separate orders issued Wednesday, two days after Mr. Trump granted clemency to more than 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants and ordered any pending prosecutions to be dismissed just hours after he was sworn into office for a second term.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Misery loves company; a misanthrope, however, does not.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Jan. 2025
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Their characters, a panoply of misanthropes and weirdos, are often trapped in the prisons of their past.—
Holden Seidlitz,
The New Yorker,
10 June 2024
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With fans perturbed at seeing their club falling behind their rivals on and off the field, an equally frustrated Gerrard discussed his position after the summer transfer window.—
James Pearce,
The Athletic,
2 Feb. 2025
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The hardest part has been keeping the goal-scorers from getting too frustrated during the dry spell.—
John Romano,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2025
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As the scholar of Victorian culture Will Abberley outlines, in early works such as Glaucus, Kingsley was prone to interpret nature in moral terms, to finding symbols of virtue in behaviors revealed through observation, so that bees display industriousness, crabs cleanliness, and so on.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Jan. 2025
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Isopods are an order of invertebrates belonging to the greater crustacean group of animals, like crabs and shrimp.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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Despite the naysayers, WeatherTech has become a Super Bowl mainstay over the years, joining the likes of Budweiser, Doritos and T-Mobile.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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Can the tech giant prove the naysayers wrong with these results?—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2025
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And Birmingham, the son of a police officer and a mom who did social work, admit to being something of an anarchist.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2025
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Naturally, that makes a hero of the last president to pull it off — even if McKinley did so reluctantly and had more than a few regrets before he was assassinated by an anarchist.—
David E. Sanger,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Malcontent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malcontent. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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