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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary mal·con·tent
DATE 1581 : a discontented person: a. one who bears a grudge from a sense of grievance or thwarted ambition b. one who is in active opposition to an established order or government : rebel
adjective ETYMOLOGY Middle French, from mal- + content content DATE 1586 : dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs : discontented English Etymology malcontent malcontent (n.) 1581, from Fr., from O.Fr . malcontent, from mal- (q.v.) + content. The adj. is attested from 1586.http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 malcontent mal·con·tent / 5mAlkEntent; NAmE 7mAlkEn5tent / noun[usually pl.] (formal, disapproving) a person who is not satisfied with a situation and who complains about it, or causes trouble in order to change it 不满者；牢骚满腹的人；反叛者 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: GROUCH , ||bellyacher, complainer, crank, faultfinder, griper, growler, grumbler, kicker, sorehead 2 Synonyms: REBEL , anarch, anarchist, frondeur, insurgent, insurrectionist, mutineer, revoltern. Function: adjective Synonyms: DISCONTENTED , discontent, disgruntled, dissatisfied, malcontented, uncontent, uncontented, ungratified Related Words: alienated, disaffected, estranged; disobedient, ungovernable, unruly; restless; contumacious, factious, insubordinate, mutinous, rebellious, seditious Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged mal·content I. \“+\ noun Etymology: Middle French, from malcontent, adjective 1. : a discontented person: a. : one who bears a grudge from a sense of grievance or thwarted ambition < lord of folded arms … liege of all loiterers and malcontents — Shakespeare > < every peevish, moody malcontent — Nicholas Rowe > < in the drama of the early 17th century … the malcontent is the man who has been unable to achieve an “advancement” commensurate with his abilities — H.B.Parkes > < malcontents … bitter and almost choking with self-pity — E.W.Griffiths > b. : one who is disaffected with an established order or government or in active opposition to it : rebel < harebrained scheme of a small group of malcontents — William Plutte > 2. archaic : discontent < the malcontent of Job — Sir Thomas Browne > II. adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Old French, from mal badly + content — more at mal- , content : marked by a restless moody, or bitter dissatisfaction with the existing state of affairs : discontented < you stand pensive, as half malcontent — Shakespeare > < malcontent satire — New Republic > specifically : disaffected with an established order or government < a malcontent group of political exiles > |
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