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Discontentedness

Definition: Discontentedness

Discontentedness

Noun

1. A longing for something better than the present situation.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "discontentedness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references)


Synonyms: Discontentedness

Synonyms: discontent (n), discontentment (n). (additional references)
Antonym: contentment (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translation: Discontentedness

Language Translations for "discontentedness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

wreveligheid (discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction, resentment, spite), wrevel (discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction, resentment, spite), ontevredenheid (discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction), misnoegen (discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction). (various references)

   

German

  

Unzufriedenheiten. (various references)

   

Manx

  

neuaashid (awkwardness, grievance, malaise, qualm). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

iscontentednessday

   

Swedish

  

agg (discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction, grudge, ill feeling, ill will, ill-well, rancour, resentment, spite). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

memnuniyetsizlik (discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Discontentedness

Derivations

Words beginning with "discontentedness": discontentednesses. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Discontentedness

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-d-e-e-e-i-n-n-n-o-s-s-s-t-t"

-3 letters: contentedness.

-4 letters: discontented, intentnesses.

-5 letters: descendents, descensions, discontents, dottinesses, indecentest, innocentest, intenseness, notednesses.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-d-e-e-e-i-n-n-n-o-s-s-s-t-t"
 

+2 letters: discontentednesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Discontentedness


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 69 73 63 6F 6E 74 65 6E 74 65 64 6E 65 73 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    ..    ...    -.-.    ---    -.    -    .    -.    -    .    -..    -.    .    ...    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01101001 01110011 01100011 01101111 01101110 01110100 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100101 01100100 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#105 &#115 &#99 &#111 &#110 &#116 &#101 &#110 &#116 &#101 &#100 &#110 &#101 &#115 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0069 0073 0063 006F 006E 0074 0065 006E 0074 0065 0064 006E 0065 0073 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

38758569818086718086717080718585

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Discontentedness"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatieholländisch, Ollanish, Germaanish, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, DefinitionDuitse, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, tysk, alman

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtmanx, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, från ön man, man adası, man dili

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättningZweeds, schwedisch, Soolynish, Soolynagh, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümetürkisch, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turkisk, türkçe, türk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationenglisch, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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