From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Discontent \Dis'con*tent"\ (d[i^]s'k[o^]n*t[e^]nt"), adjective Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. --Jer. Taylor.
Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet. --Bunyan.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Discontent \Dis'con*tent"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Discontented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discontenting}.] To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy. --Suckling.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Discontent \Dis'con*tent"\, noun
1. Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet.
Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York. --Shak.
The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent. --Hallam
2. A discontented person; a malcontent. [R.]
Thus was the Scotch nation full of discontents. --Fuller.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing; "saw many discontent faces in the room"; "was discontented with his position" [syn: {discontented}] [ant: {contented}]
noun
1: a longing for something better than the present situation [syn: {discontentment}, {discontentedness}] [ant: {contentment}]
verb
1: make dissatisfied [ant: {content}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
116 Moby Thesaurus words for "discontent": aggravation, anger, angst, anguish, annoyance, anxiety, asperity, bad humor, bad temper, ban, be tedious, bile, biliousness, blackball, blackballing, bore, boredom, causticity, cheerlessness, choler, complaint, corrosiveness, dim view, disagreement, disappoint, disappointment, disapprobation, disapproval, discomfort, discompose, discomposure, discontentedness, discontentment, disenchantment, disesteem, disfavor, disgruntle, disgruntled, disgruntlement, dishearten, disillusion, disillusionment, dislike, displease, displeasure, disquiet, disrespect, dissatisfaction, dissatisfied, dissatisfy, dissent, distaste, dread, dullness, emptiness, ennui, exasperation, exclusion, existential woe, flatness, gall, grimness, humorlessness, ill humor, ill nature, ill temper, indignation, infelicity, infestivity, inquietude, irritation, joylessness, lack of pleasure, leave unsatisfied, low estimation, low opinion, malaise, malcontent, malcontented, mirthlessness, misery, nausea, nongratification, nonsatisfaction, objection, opposition, opposure, ostracism, painfulness, protest, put out, rejection, resentfulness, resentment, savorlessness, sourness, spleen, staleness, tastelessness, tediousness, tedium, thumbs-down, uncheerfulness, uncomfortableness, unease, uneasiness, ungratified, unhappiness, unhappy, unjoyfulness, unmirthfulness, unpleasure, unsatisfaction, vexation, vexation of spirit, wretchedness
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