discontentmentn.

Brit.

/ˌdɪskənˈtɛntm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˌdɪskənˈtɛntm(ə)nt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dis- prefix, contentment n.

Etymology: < dis- prefix + contentment n., after either discontent adj. or discontent v. Compare Middle French descontentement (1553), Portuguese descontentamento (15th cent.). Compare earlier discontentation n. and later discontent n.¹

†1. Strong displeasure; indignation. Cf. discontent n.¹ 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun]

unthankc893

ofthinkingc1225

displeasancec1340

grievancec1380

offencec1390

griefa1400

ill liking?a1400

mislikinga1400

displacencec1450

displeasure1484

displeasantness1547

discontentment1550

displeasedness1561

discontent1579

displicence1593

aggrievedness1594

disconceitc1598

distasture1611

displicency1640

disobligation1645

displacencya1652

affront1705

disobligement18..

unpleasure1814

misloving1871

unwill1872

displeasurement1882

1550 Proclam. Edward VI 3 July in All Proclam. sette Furthe (1551) f. lxxx Those commodities..are in ouerlarge maner conueighed into forain regions,..muche to the defraudacion, and impouerishement, of the common weale and to his highnes no lesse discontentment and displeasure.

1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 242 The newe baptised..wept bitterly, with discontentment to see how [etc.].

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxviii. liii. 1017 With words of indignation, testifying his discontentment for this course and manner of proceeding.

a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) i. xvi. 159 So transported with discontentment against a parent for some sharpenesse, as even to hate him.

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xx. 214 This War..expired..1648 to the..great discontentment of the French, who had much reason to be angry at [the peace].

1764 A. Murray Let. July in D. Hume Lett. (1932) II. 377 My proces was judged last Tuesday to the great discontentment of my Enemys.

a. The fact or condition of being discontented; dissatisfaction; a state of discontent. Cf. discontent n.¹ 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [noun]

unlikinga1398

aggrudging1440

grudge1477

miscontenting1495

murmurheada1500

discontentation?1510

discontentinga1513

miscontentationa1530

miscontentment1535

insatisfaction1568

discontentment1572

discontent1581

malcontentment1587

miscontent1588

discontentedness1589

malcontent1591

malcontentedness1592

repine1593

bad satisfaction1607

dissatisfaction1640

unsatisfactoriness1643

unsatisfiedness1646

uncontentedness1654

disaffection1697

dissatisfiedness1710

chagrin1717

repinement1743

malcontentism1813

soreheadedness1860

uncontent1873

1572 G. Fenton tr. E. Pasquier Monophylo ii. f. 5 What state of mortalitie hath bene euer so absolutely happie, on whome..hath not attended some discontentment.

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin viii. 452 It seemed his discontentment proceeded chiefly of feare.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 457 Seeing what trouble and discontentment was risen hereupon throughout the city.

1663 J. Beale Let. 9 Nov. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) II. 201 Many whose livers by griefe & discontentment became very weake & taynted,..were healed & recovered by the use of this wormewood beere.

1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. v. xi. 207/2 Finding a general Exclamation and Discontentment against Patents of Privilege.

1796 W. Sawers Ess. Subj. Moral & Divine 209 It is this laudable hope..that banishes all discontentment; and extinguishes every sorrow.

1825 T. Carlyle Life Schiller (1845) i. 12 His discontentment devoured him internally.

1889 Pop. Sci. Monthly Mar. 699/1 Few can reap success according to this idea; and the rest must reap failure and discontentment.

1933 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 20 231 A more stable federal government, had ended the discontentment of the western settlers.

1979 U. Tähtinen Core Gandhi's Philos. vii. 78 Modern industrialization..increases artificial needs and brings about discontentment.

2010 J. Hedlund Preacher's Bride xxix. 306 Elizabeth knew her discontentment went much deeper than the shifting political climate.

b. A feeling or episode of dissatisfaction. Cf. discontent n.¹ 2b.

ΚΠ

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vii. 386 Hauing his minde full of discontentmentes and suspitions agaynst the French king, sometimes..he desired the comming of Cæsar.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. iv. 55 No shadow of matter for teares, discontentments, griefes, and vncomfortable passions.

a1649 W. Drummond Hist. Scotl. (1655) 46 He nourished discontentments in all parts.

1660 G. H. tr. M. de Vaumorière Grand Scipio i. i. 43 Hannibal had a discontentment upon him, whose nature he did not understand.

1724 T. Richers tr. Hist. Royal Geneal. Spain 156 The Discontentments which..subsisted between Berengaria and the House of Lara.

1771 J. Shebbeare Authentic Narr. Oppress. Islanders Jersey I. vii. 170 The great disorders, discontentments, and disquietness of the island.

1803 J. Pickersgill Three Brothers IV. x. 135 The latter was tormented with a discontentment and restlessness, which incited Claudio's surprize and sympathy.

1879 ‘Scot’ Ireland as it Is & as it Might Be 12 Difficulties and discontentments are too apt to arise even under the present improved system.

1920 Philos. Rev. 29 14 To the arts will still belong the task of keeping up man's courage and of allaying his discontentments.

1920 M. B. Coleman tr. J. Merlant Soldiers & Sailors of France in Amer. War Independence iii. 50 An extreme discontentment reigned among the officers and soldiers who had not received their pay ‘for a great length of time’.

1966 Jet 29 Dec. 57 Janet expressed an intense interest in civil rights and a discontentment with the status quo.

2006 J. Frueh Swooning Beauty ii. 51 Permanent exhaustion and ill-being are not necessary conditions of either aging or maturity. Rather, they signal discontentments and disillusionments.

3. A cause of dissatisfaction; a grievance. Cf. discontent n.¹ 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [noun] > cause of indignation or resentment

discontentation1573

discontentment1580

discontent1588

gravamen1647

1580 H. Gifford Posie of Gilloflowers f. 17^v Old men, vnto whom euerie little discontentment is a torment.

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. ii. sig. H2^v The best way to perish discontentments, is either not to see them, or convert them to a dimpling mirth.

1641 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1870) V. 337/1 It sall be ane greit discontentment to me to be absente and deficient from the present wark.

1736 W. Allen Ways & Means to raise Value of Land iii. 35 Small Abridgements of Property will be no Discontentment to any, who wish the general Good of the Kingdom.

1822 J. C. Robertson & T. Byerley Percy Anecd.: Honour 72 A favourite of Ptolemy..had risen to so high a degree of honour, that he used to say he had but two discontentments in this life; the first was, that he could grow no greater.

1836 Atkinson's Casket July 327/1 I paced the deck with no other discontentment than a longing for dinner.

1908 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 5 Sept. 834/2 I assure you I had no small proportion of them on my hands, with all their discontentments, complaints and scoldings.

1928 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 15 Oct. 10/5 Hospital and public druggists..have their own discontentments to see about.

1988 F. Philip in tr. F. Jacob Statue Within 285 Each speaks his piece, details his discontentments, his proposals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	discontentment
释义	discontentmentn. Brit. /ˌdɪskənˈtɛntm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌdɪskənˈtɛntm(ə)nt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dis- prefix, contentment n. Etymology: < dis- prefix + contentment n., after either discontent adj. or discontent v. Compare Middle French descontentement (1553), Portuguese descontentamento (15th cent.). Compare earlier discontentation n. and later discontent n.¹ †1. Strong displeasure; indignation. Cf. discontent n.¹ 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] unthankc893 ofthinkingc1225 displeasancec1340 grievancec1380 offencec1390 griefa1400 ill liking?a1400 mislikinga1400 displacencec1450 displeasure1484 displeasantness1547 discontentment1550 displeasedness1561 discontent1579 displicence1593 aggrievedness1594 disconceitc1598 distasture1611 displicency1640 disobligation1645 displacencya1652 affront1705 disobligement18.. unpleasure1814 misloving1871 unwill1872 displeasurement1882 1550 Proclam. Edward VI 3 July in All Proclam. sette Furthe (1551) f. lxxx Those commodities..are in ouerlarge maner conueighed into forain regions,..muche to the defraudacion, and impouerishement, of the common weale and to his highnes no lesse discontentment and displeasure. 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 242 The newe baptised..wept bitterly, with discontentment to see how [etc.]. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxviii. liii. 1017 With words of indignation, testifying his discontentment for this course and manner of proceeding. a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) i. xvi. 159 So transported with discontentment against a parent for some sharpenesse, as even to hate him. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xx. 214 This War..expired..1648 to the..great discontentment of the French, who had much reason to be angry at [the peace]. 1764 A. Murray Let. July in D. Hume Lett. (1932) II. 377 My proces was judged last Tuesday to the great discontentment of my Enemys. 2. a. The fact or condition of being discontented; dissatisfaction; a state of discontent. Cf. discontent n.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [noun] unlikinga1398 aggrudging1440 grudge1477 miscontenting1495 murmurheada1500 discontentation?1510 discontentinga1513 miscontentationa1530 miscontentment1535 insatisfaction1568 discontentment1572 discontent1581 malcontentment1587 miscontent1588 discontentedness1589 malcontent1591 malcontentedness1592 repine1593 bad satisfaction1607 dissatisfaction1640 unsatisfactoriness1643 unsatisfiedness1646 uncontentedness1654 disaffection1697 dissatisfiedness1710 chagrin1717 repinement1743 malcontentism1813 soreheadedness1860 uncontent1873 1572 G. Fenton tr. E. Pasquier Monophylo ii. f. 5 What state of mortalitie hath bene euer so absolutely happie, on whome..hath not attended some discontentment. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin viii. 452 It seemed his discontentment proceeded chiefly of feare. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 457 Seeing what trouble and discontentment was risen hereupon throughout the city. 1663 J. Beale Let. 9 Nov. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) II. 201 Many whose livers by griefe & discontentment became very weake & taynted,..were healed & recovered by the use of this wormewood beere. 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. v. xi. 207/2 Finding a general Exclamation and Discontentment against Patents of Privilege. 1796 W. Sawers Ess. Subj. Moral & Divine 209 It is this laudable hope..that banishes all discontentment; and extinguishes every sorrow. 1825 T. Carlyle Life Schiller (1845) i. 12 His discontentment devoured him internally. 1889 Pop. Sci. Monthly Mar. 699/1 Few can reap success according to this idea; and the rest must reap failure and discontentment. 1933 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 20 231 A more stable federal government, had ended the discontentment of the western settlers. 1979 U. Tähtinen Core Gandhi's Philos. vii. 78 Modern industrialization..increases artificial needs and brings about discontentment. 2010 J. Hedlund Preacher's Bride xxix. 306 Elizabeth knew her discontentment went much deeper than the shifting political climate. b. A feeling or episode of dissatisfaction. Cf. discontent n.¹ 2b. ΚΠ 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vii. 386 Hauing his minde full of discontentmentes and suspitions agaynst the French king, sometimes..he desired the comming of Cæsar. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. iv. 55 No shadow of matter for teares, discontentments, griefes, and vncomfortable passions. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. Scotl. (1655) 46 He nourished discontentments in all parts. 1660 G. H. tr. M. de Vaumorière Grand Scipio i. i. 43 Hannibal had a discontentment upon him, whose nature he did not understand. 1724 T. Richers tr. Hist. Royal Geneal. Spain 156 The Discontentments which..subsisted between Berengaria and the House of Lara. 1771 J. Shebbeare Authentic Narr. Oppress. Islanders Jersey I. vii. 170 The great disorders, discontentments, and disquietness of the island. 1803 J. Pickersgill Three Brothers IV. x. 135 The latter was tormented with a discontentment and restlessness, which incited Claudio's surprize and sympathy. 1879 ‘Scot’ Ireland as it Is & as it Might Be 12 Difficulties and discontentments are too apt to arise even under the present improved system. 1920 Philos. Rev. 29 14 To the arts will still belong the task of keeping up man's courage and of allaying his discontentments. 1920 M. B. Coleman tr. J. Merlant Soldiers & Sailors of France in Amer. War Independence iii. 50 An extreme discontentment reigned among the officers and soldiers who had not received their pay ‘for a great length of time’. 1966 Jet 29 Dec. 57 Janet expressed an intense interest in civil rights and a discontentment with the status quo. 2006 J. Frueh Swooning Beauty ii. 51 Permanent exhaustion and ill-being are not necessary conditions of either aging or maturity. Rather, they signal discontentments and disillusionments. 3. A cause of dissatisfaction; a grievance. Cf. discontent n.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [noun] > cause of indignation or resentment discontentation1573 discontentment1580 discontent1588 gravamen1647 1580 H. Gifford Posie of Gilloflowers f. 17^v Old men, vnto whom euerie little discontentment is a torment. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. ii. sig. H2^v The best way to perish discontentments, is either not to see them, or convert them to a dimpling mirth. 1641 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1870) V. 337/1 It sall be ane greit discontentment to me to be absente and deficient from the present wark. 1736 W. Allen Ways & Means to raise Value of Land iii. 35 Small Abridgements of Property will be no Discontentment to any, who wish the general Good of the Kingdom. 1822 J. C. Robertson & T. Byerley Percy Anecd.: Honour 72 A favourite of Ptolemy..had risen to so high a degree of honour, that he used to say he had but two discontentments in this life; the first was, that he could grow no greater. 1836 Atkinson's Casket July 327/1 I paced the deck with no other discontentment than a longing for dinner. 1908 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 5 Sept. 834/2 I assure you I had no small proportion of them on my hands, with all their discontentments, complaints and scoldings. 1928 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 15 Oct. 10/5 Hospital and public druggists..have their own discontentments to see about. 1988 F. Philip in tr. F. Jacob Statue Within 285 Each speaks his piece, details his discontentments, his proposals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1550
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