From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
malcontent \mal"con*tent'\, adjective [F., fr. mal ill + content. See {Malice}, {Content}.] discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government. [Written also {malecontent}.]
The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. --Milner.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Malcontent \Mal"con*tent'\, noun [F. malcontent.] One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a government; one who expresses his discontent by words or overt acts. --Spenser. --Berkeley.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: discontented as toward authority [syn: {disaffected}, {ill-affected}, {rebellious}]
noun
1: a person who is discontented or disgusted
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
101 Moby Thesaurus words for "malcontent": agitator, alienated, anarch, anarchist, beefing, bellyacher, bellyaching, bitching, brawler, complainant, complainer, complaining, complaintful, contumacious, crab, crabbing, crabby, crank, cranky, croaker, croaking, disaffected, disappointed, discontent, discontented, disgruntled, disobedient, displeased, dissatisfied, envious, estranged, extremist, factious, faultfinder, faultfinding, frondeur, griever, griper, griping, grouch, grouchy, grouser, grousing, growler, growling, grumbler, grumbling, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, insurrecto, kicker, killjoy, kvetch, lamenter, malcontented, maverick, mourner, murmurer, murmuring, mutineer, mutterer, muttering, nonconformist, out of humor, peevish, petulant, querulant, querulous, querulous person, reactionary, reactionist, rebel, rebellious, resentful, restive, restless, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, seditious, sorehead, sourpuss, spoilsport, subversive, sulky, traitor, unaccepting, unaccommodating, uneasy, unfulfilled, ungovernable, ungratified, unhappy, unruly, unsatisfied, wet blanket, whiner, whiny
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