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单词 miscontentment
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miscontentmentn.

Brit. /ˌmɪskənˈtɛntm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌmɪskənˈtɛntmənt/
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and contentment n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mis- prefix1, contentment n.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + contentment n., probably after Middle French mescontentement (1528; French mécontentement ). Compare earlier miscontenting n., miscontentation n. Compare also discontentment n. and malcontentment n.
Now rare (chiefly archaic in later use).
Discontent, dissatisfaction; grievance; an instance of this.
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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).
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