malcontent
/ˈmalkəntɛnt
/noun
A person who is dissatisfied and rebellious: it was too late to stop the malcontents with a show of force...
- It is time to get serious, he tells the malcontents, they should stop ‘messing around’.
- None other than those infamous troublemakers and malcontents, Winston Churchill and Thomas Jefferson, respectively.
- There is no room for malcontents or troublemakers - an issue Button had to deal with or lose promising coach Greg Gilbert.
Synonyms
troublemaker, mischief-maker, agitator, dissentient, dissident, rebel;
discontent, complainer, grumbler, moaner, fault-finder, carper
informal stirrer, whinger, grouch, grouser, griper, nitpicker, bellyacher, beefer
North American informal kvetch
adjective
Dissatisfied and complaining or rebellious: the malcontent generals saw their role as leaders of this counter-revolution...
- Winning hearts and minds took a backseat to overawing malcontent factions with an overwhelming and, for all intents and purposes, enduring show of force.
- Yep, just this past Friday, while you were reading Zack's hilariously malcontent article about NASA's shortcomings, I was busy getting diagnosed with mono.
- And they made a substantial change, like moving talented malcontent Raul Mondesi to Toronto and getting in return Shawn Green, whom everyone sees as a superstar in waiting.
Synonyms
disaffected, discontented, dissatisfied, disgruntled;
fed up, restive, unhappy, annoyed, irritated, displeased, vexed, peeved, piqued, put out, malcontented, resentful;
rebellious, dissentious, factious, troublemaking, grumbling, complaining, fault-finding, carping
informal nitpicking, bellyaching
British informal browned off, cheesed off, brassed off, not best pleased
North American informal hacked off, teed off, ticked off
vulgar slang pissed off, peed off
Derivatives
malcontented
- This staccato was soon joined by malcontented grumbling, and later on, a very dark frown.
- Prime Evil shuffled in, surrounded by guards, looking every inch the malcontented librarian.
- And through his burgeoning success, Harvey never seems to drop his malcontented, put-upon behavior.
Origin
Late 16th century: from French, from mal 'badly, ill' + content 'pleased'.