malcontent

4 definitions found

malcontent - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Malcontent \Mal"con*tent`\, n. [F. malcontent.]
     One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a
     government; one who expresses his discontent by words or
     overt acts. --Spenser. --Berkeley.
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  malcontent \mal"con*tent`\, a. [F., fr. mal ill + content. See
     Malice, Content.]
     discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied
     with the government. [Written also malecontent.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. --Milner.
     [1913 Webster]

malcontent - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  malcontent
      adj 1: discontented as toward authority [syn: disaffected,
             ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious]
      n 1: a person who is discontented or disgusted

malcontent - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  101 Moby Thesaurus words for "malcontent":
     agitator, alienated, anarch, anarchist, beefing, bellyacher,
     bellyaching, bitching, brawler, complainant, complainer,
     complaining, complaintful, contumacious, crab, crabbing, crabby,
     crank, cranky, croaker, croaking, disaffected, disappointed,
     discontent, discontented, disgruntled, disobedient, displeased,
     dissatisfied, envious, estranged, extremist, factious, faultfinder,
     faultfinding, frondeur, griever, griper, griping, grouch, grouchy,
     grouser, grousing, growler, growling, grumbler, grumbling,
     insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist,
     insurrecto, kicker, killjoy, kvetch, lamenter, malcontented,
     maverick, mourner, murmurer, murmuring, mutineer, mutterer,
     muttering, nonconformist, out of humor, peevish, petulant,
     querulant, querulous, querulous person, reactionary, reactionist,
     rebel, rebellious, resentful, restive, restless, revolter,
     revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, seditious, sorehead,
     sourpuss, spoilsport, subversive, sulky, traitor, unaccepting,
     unaccommodating, uneasy, unfulfilled, ungovernable, ungratified,
     unhappy, unruly, unsatisfied, wet blanket, whiner, whiny