单词 | miscontentment |
释义 | miscontentmentn. Now rare (chiefly archaic in later use). Discontent, dissatisfaction; grievance; an instance of this. 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 1535 Bp. S. Gardiner Let. 2 May (1933) 64 We have past over al thing quietly, without any miscontentment shewed by any partie. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin v. 274 The french king with malencolly moodes & miscontentments tooke occasion to dismisse from his Court the Spanish Embassadors. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xv. sig. K3 Hauing through some aduenture, or inwarde miscontentment, withdrawne him selfe from any bodies knowledge, where he is. 1612 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1842) III. i. 117 The noblemen being in great miscontentment for the quantitie of the taxatioun. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 220 It pleisit his Majestie to send thir miscontentmentis in paper..to Edinbrugh. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) II. xviii. 379 Alexander..his eyes declaring miscontentment—asked who had made such a report. 1999 Re: any Women in uk.singles (Usenet newsgroup) 24 Apr. Benefit of the doubt suggests this is simply a statement. Cynicism and a general miscontentment with the human race overall does not. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1535 |
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