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malcontent

verb /ˈmal.kən.tɛnt/

  1. To cause discontent or dissatisfaction.

    obsolete, transitive

    […] James Bond adventure with a Ward Bond delivery, reams of malcontenting and anti-literary remarks, first-class manipulation of Anglo-Saxon's juicier words, and quotations from the Great Books and from William Kite's notebook.

Where it comes from

From Middle French malcontent, from mal- + content; compare Late Latin malecontentus.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry malcontent (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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