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# discontented

«discontented» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not happy with what you have or where you are, and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (discontented, more discontented, most discontented)

### meaning for a pupil

Not happy with what you have or where you are, and wanting something better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discontented/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a discontented servant or creature leaves home or grumbles; it tells why someone runs away

### examples

- The discontented cat wanted a bigger bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discontented/#x1)
- Are you discontented with your new school? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discontented/#x2)
- The discontented fir tree wanted to be a king's tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discontented/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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