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单词 malcontentment
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malcontentmentn.

Forms: see mal- prefix and contentment n.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French malcontentement ; mal- prefix, contentment n.
Etymology: Either < Middle French malcontentement (frequently in 16th cent.), or independently < mal- prefix + contentment n., after malcontent adj.
Obsolete.
The fact or condition of being malcontent.
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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
1587 F. Thynne Ann. Scotl. 446/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II They had..by vniuersall male-contentment of the people..procured a great distraction of the kings leeges hearts.
1588 T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso Housholders Philos. f. 9 Vppon the malcontentment of the minde followes the infirmitie or weakenes of the bodie.
1606 Bp. W. Barlow One of Foure Serm. Hampton Court E Their ground was Malecontentment,..because they could not be made Bishops.
c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 288 So he put in fifty merks with shame and great malcontentment.
1832–3 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (1984) II. 80 The malcontentment of almost every man with his lot!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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