| 单词 | malcontent |
| 释义 | malcontent (once / 4571 pages) adjn A malcontent is someone who's always dissatisfied. The guy at the restaurant who sends back the steak because it's too rare, then sends it back a second time complaining that it's not rare enough — he's a malcontent. Malcontent is often used to describe people who complain about more important things than steaks — things like social and political injustice. In Shakespeare's day, the Malcontent was a popular character type. Hamlet was a classic Malcontent. He believed that his uncle, King Claudius, murdered his father for power, and it made him angry that everyone else seemed to think that Claudius was a good person. WORD FAMILYmalcontent: malcontents USAGE EXAMPLESMid-20s malcontent, anxious about her lack of life direction and seeking purpose. The Guardian(Dec 02, 2016) Our family favourite is the sketch where he metamorphoses from happy-go-lucky child into depressive, myopic, malcontent at the stroke of midnight on his 13th birthday. The Guardian(Nov 27, 2016) Actually, the alt-right is a very American movement, and we have have plenty of historical precedent for fringe right-wing malcontents. Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016) 1adj discontented as toward authority Syn disaffected, ill-affected, rebellious discontent, discontented showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing 2n a person who is discontented or disgusted Hypo|Hyper caviler, caviller, pettifogger, quibbler a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections soreheadsomeone who is peevish or disgruntled squabblersomeone who quarrels about a small matter individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being |
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