as in dissatisfied
having a feeling that one has been wronged or thwarted in one's ambitions
he was becoming increasingly discontented with his dead-end job and his dead-end life
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the ongoing lack of decent food discontented and demoralized the soldiers in the rebel army
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Recent Examples of discontented
Christina Knight, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2024
By the 1990s, the National Front was using the language of protectionism to pander to discontented workers.
—Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
Are discontented voters inching toward acceptance? President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump essentially cemented their parties’ nominations on Super Tuesday.
—Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
On Thursday, dozens of discontented residents gathered at Hasley Canyon Park in Castaic, where recent air sampling detected benzene concentration more than eight times higher than the state’s short-term health limit.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
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The frustrated energy that zero-COVID once incited has transformed into a malaise of discontented resignation.
—Christina Knight, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2024
By the 1990s, the National Front was using the language of protectionism to pander to discontented workers.
—Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
Are discontented voters inching toward acceptance? President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump essentially cemented their parties’ nominations on Super Tuesday.
—Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
On Thursday, dozens of discontented residents gathered at Hasley Canyon Park in Castaic, where recent air sampling detected benzene concentration more than eight times higher than the state’s short-term health limit.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
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Police said Fan was dissatisfied with the division of property after his divorce, according to an initial investigation.Peter Guo, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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What seems obvious is that the majority of American voters were profoundly dissatisfied with conditions such as the high prices of groceries and the inability of the Democratic Party to articulate an optimistic message comparable to the Republican angst.Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2024
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Air traveler invades passenger's personal space to snap photos of clouds throughout flight A woman became frustrated on a recent flight to Germany when the passenger seated next to her continuously stretched his arm out to take photos near the window.Louis Casiano, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
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The state of search now is populated with frustrated advertisers who lack transparency and control over their search advertising budgets, publishers who can no longer monetize and scale effectively, and users who must deal with a poor consumer search experience with less relevant results.Quora, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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An engineer at the company, Charlie Ward, was annoyed with Amazon’s Super Saving Shipping service, which offered customers free shipping if their order was $25 or more.Brian Solis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
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Someone eating off my plate definitely annoyed me in most situations, but this felt different.Jodie Platt, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Discontented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discontented. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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