单词 | discontented |
释义 | discontentedadj.ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] loatha1250 unfain1338 ill-liking?a1400 sourc1450 unpleaseda1475 displeasant1485 discontentc1500 discontenteda1513 displeased1581 aggrieved1590 misapaid1614 unrelished1620 injured1634 misliked1641 undelighted1667 uneasya1715 untickled1736 uncharmed1757 disagreeable?c1785 displacent1859 chuffed1960 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxvi. f. xxx With which answere the Romaynes beynge sore discontented, made newe warre vpon ye sayd Sicambris. 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters iii. xii. f. lxxxiiii/1 For though god of hys goodnesse how bad so euer the preste be, well accepteth ye oblacyon of Crystys holy body for other folke, yet ys he wyth that prestys presumpcyon hyghly dyscontented. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 142 For the which presumption the king was grieuously discontented against the Citie. 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 31 Plato discontented hereat,..[said] he could not stay, Dion being used so ignominously. 2. Not contented; dissatisfied; displaying, characterized by, or expressive of discontent. Also with with. Cf. discontent adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [adjective] unsaught?a1300 unsetea1350 unrestfulc1384 unsatisfiedc1430 discontentc1475 ill content1477 miscontent?1499 uncontentc1503 orpita1525 discontented1531 miscontenteda1533 evil contented1548 repining1565 uncontented1568 unpacified1570 discontentive1578 malcontent1578 ill-contented1582 malcontented1582 unmollified1587 unappeased1594 discontentful1604 discontenting1605 contentlessa1616 ungratifieda1625 insatisfied1643 unsatisfieda1648 unsoothed1648 repineful1655 dissatisfied1675 satisfactionless1841 sore-headed1844 disgruntled1847 sore-head1862 choked1950 dischuffed1975 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xix. sig. e.v He that is temperate fleeth pleasures voluptuous, & with the absence of them is nat discontented. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lvv Surely there was no creature whiche with that war was either discontented or displeased. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. Tt.iiv To lyue with a discontented minde, to be alwaies dumbe, or to lament..are the propreties which..beelonge to louers. 1579 B. Googe tr. I. Lopez de Mendoza Prouerbes Noble Souldier f. 82v Looking with a discontented countenaunce, hee saide vnto those that were with him, Alas my friends, I haue vtterly lost this day. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. i. 8 Our discontented Counties doe reuolt. View more context for this quotation 1672 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 10 Ther are Thousands of Discontented People in Ireland who may be apt to Rise. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xi. 329 Sullen and sow'r with discontented mien. a1781 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip III (1783) ii. 115 If the troops, discontented with his treatment of them had not refused to obey. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 519 The discontented gentry of Cheshire and Lancashire. 1880 Mrs. N. Conklin Rue's Helps v. 193 It's a great deal easier to be discontented than to be contented. 1921 F. L. Paxson Recent Hist. U.S. iv. 42 The aggregate of discontented votes for Greenback candidates in the several States ran beyond a million. 1949 Life 11 Apr. 137/1 She began to get discontented with her home life. 2010 New Yorker 7 June 28/2 Discontented members of his own party had tried several times to unseat him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1513 |
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