Definition of "discontent" []

• Absence of contentment; dissatisfaction. (noun)
• A restless longing for better circumstances. (noun)
• One who is discontented. (noun)
• Discontented. (adjective)
• To make discontented. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The soul cannot be mocked, and your discontent is your soul telling you that there is something else that you need to look for or find."
• "At the root of the discontent is the desire to have practical, not ideological, solutions to intractable problems."
• "The nerve centre of this discontent is the steam room, itself a source of perennial complaints."