malcontentednessn.
/ˌmalkənˈtɛntᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈˌmælkənˈtɛn(t)ədnəs/ Now rare.
The state of being malcontented. Also personified.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [noun]
unlikinga1398
aggrudging1440
grudge1477
miscontenting1495
murmurheada1500
discontentation?1510
discontentinga1513
miscontentationa1530
miscontentment1535
insatisfaction1568
discontentment1572
discontent1581
malcontentment1587
miscontent1588
discontentedness1589
malcontent1591
malcontentedness1592
repine1593
bad satisfaction1607
dissatisfaction1640
unsatisfactoriness1643
unsatisfiedness1646
uncontentedness1654
disaffection1697
dissatisfiedness1710
chagrin1717
repinement1743
malcontentism1813
soreheadedness1860
uncontent1873
1592 H. Wotton Let. 8 May in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1685) 659 The Pope appear'd not publickly,..for a kind of malecontentedness with his own action.
c1594 H. Wotton Let. Dec. in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) I. 299 He had been out of his country two years, as upon a malcontentedness.
1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels 349 In an onelie malcontentednes, rather against the persons of some in authoritie then in any true mindednes towards reformation.
1626 R. Bernard Isle of Man i. 89 Where sullen Male-contentednes sits.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 445. ¶5 I fear they wou'd ascribe the laying down my Paper, on such an occasion, to a Spirit of Malcontentedness.
1917 R. Bourne in Seven Arts 702 Malcontentedness may be the beginning of promise.
1930 H. Walpole Rogue Herries (1931) iii. 611 His appearance was distressing,..always on his features the malcontentedness of a thoroughly disappointed man.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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