uncontentedadj.
Not contented; unsatisfied.
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
1568 T. Howell Newe Sonets (1879) 124 Mewsing how I best might ease mine vncontented minde.
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 33 Perturbations..which fill the soule with endlesse trouble and disquietnes, causing man to liue alwaies vncontented.
1605 S. Daniel Trag. Philotas Ded. sig. A iv When your iudgment shal ariue so far, As t' ouerlooke th' intricate designes Of vncontented man.
1675 R. Allestree Art Contentm. i. 13 The torture which every repining uncontented spirit provides for its self.
1718 G. Sewell Proclam. Cupid 4 Thus uncontented with a private Wrong, He spreads his Baseness with a busie Tongue.
1861 J. S. Mill Represent. Govt. (1865) 24/1 Nothing is more certain, than that improvement in human affairs is wholly the work of the uncontented characters.
Derivatives
unconˈtentedness n.
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
1654 H. Hammond Of Fund. in Notion xi. 106 Contentedness is most eminently one of these specialties..as it is opposed to ambition, covetousness, injustice, uncontentedness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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