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Definition: Discontentment |
DiscontentmentNoun1. A longing for something better than the present situation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "discontentment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: DiscontentmentSynonyms: discontent (n), discontentedness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: contentment (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Discontent | Noun: discontent, discontentment; dissatisfaction; dissent. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Discontentment |
| English words defined with "discontentment": unhappiness. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "discontentment": Lead ♦ Nuns ♦ Swan. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Franklin | Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Discontentment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Discontentment" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
discontentment | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "discontentment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pakënaqësi (catcall, complaint, disaffection, discontent, disgust, displeasure, dissatisfaction, grouch, pet, pique). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | незадоволеност, недоволство (disaffection, discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction, grievance, grudge, malcontent, murmur, rebellion, rumble, rumbling, rumblings, trouble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nespokojenost (discontent, disgruntlement, displeasure, dissatisfaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | mécontentement (disaffection, discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unzufriedenheit (disaffection, discontent, dissatisfaction, grievance, unhappiness, unrest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δυσαρέστηση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elégedetlenség (disaffection, discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction, grousing, heart-burning, uncontent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neuwooiys (recalcitrance, repugnance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iscontentmentday preocupado (care-worn, concerned, preoccupied, solicitous, uneasy, worried). (various references) недовольство (complaint, disaffection, discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction, grievance, grouch, grudge, heartburning, heart-burning). (various references) nezadovoljstvo (complaint, disaffection, discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction, malcontent, peeve, unhappiness). (various references) descontento (disaffection, discontent, discontented, disgruntled, dissatisfaction, non-content). (various references) missnöje (disaffection, discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction, grievance). (various references) hoşnutsuzluk (aversion, blahs, disaffection, discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction, ill feeling). (various references) невдоволення (complaint, discontent, grievance, grudge). (various references) sự không vừa lòng (discontent), sự không h i lòng; sự bất mãn. (various references) anfoddogrwydd (dissatisfaction, unwillingness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "discontentment": discontentments. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-i-m-n-n-n-o-s-t-t-t" | |
-2 letters: contentments. | |
-3 letters: contentment, innocentest, intendments. | |
-4 letters: condiments, continents, detections, detentions, discontent, intendment. | |
-5 letters: centesimo, condiment, consented, contemned, contented, contested, continent, detection, detention, innocents, mentioned, moistened, monetised, noninsect, ointments, sectioned, sentiment, sonnetted, tectonism, tensioned, totemites. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-i-m-n-n-n-o-s-t-t-t" | |
+1 letter: discontentments. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 63 6F 6E 74 65 6E 74 6D 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... -.-. --- -. - . -. - -- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01100011 01101111 01101110 01110100 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s c o n t e n t m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0063 006F 006E 0074 0065 006E 0074 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3875856981808671808679718086 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, Albaneagh, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, Sheckagh, Sheckish, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, "ερμανός, német, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, Groegwr |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
Welsh | geirlyfr, geiriadur, diffiniad, darnodiad, trosiad | shkel premtimin, populli i uellsit, ik pa paguar, i uellsit, gjuha e uellsit, уелски, уелски език, не си плащам дълга, измъквам се от задължение, waleský, waleština, gallois, walisisch, ουάλλοσ, ουαλλικόσ, δεν πληρώνω τα οφειλόμενα, walesi, Bretnagh, galês, уэльский, velšanin, podvaliti, velški jezik, velški, galés, walesisk, galler ile ilgili, gal dili, bahisleri ödemeden kaçmak, ödemeden kaçmak, sözünü tutmamak, şartları yerine getirmemek, у"льський, не віддати гроші, валлійська мова, валлійський, валлійці, Cymreig |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова, Saesneg |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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