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disconˈtented, ppl. a.
[f. prec. v. + -ed1.]
1. Deprived or devoid of contentment; dissatisfied, unquiet in mind; marked by or showing discontent; = discontent a. 1.
1548Hall Chron., Hen. V, (an. 5) 55 b, Surely there was no creature whiche with that war was either discontented or displeased. 1595Shakes. John v. i. 8 Our discontented Counties doe reuolt. 1672Essex Papers (Camden) 10 Ther are Thousands of Discontented People in Ireland who may be apt to Rise. 1725Pope Odyss. xi. 329 Sullen and sow'r with discontented mien. 1783Watson Philip III, ii. (1839) 89 The troops, discontented with his treatment of them..refused to obey. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 519 The discontented gentry of Cheshire and Lancashire.
†2. Displeased, vexed. Obs.
1494Fabyan Chron. v. lxxvi. 55 With which answere the Romaynes beynge sore discontented, made newe warre vpon y⊇ sayd Sicambris. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 142 For the which presumption the king was grievously discontented against the Citie. 1656Stanley Hist. Philos. v. (1701) 169/1 Plato discontented hereat..[said] he could not stay, Dion being used so ignominiously. |