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# discontent

«discontent» in Mova's school dictionary: **A feeling of not being happy with what you have or with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

A feeling of not being happy with what you have or with your life, and wanting something different. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discontent/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories people show discontent with a ruler or a hard life, and this often leads to trouble

### examples

- The farmers showed their discontent with the new tax. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discontent/#x1)
- Her discontent grew as she cleaned all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discontent/#x2)
- Discontent can make people grumble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discontent/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «discontent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discontent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.