discontenting

Meanings

• Adjective

  Feeling unhappy, dissatisfied, or displeased.

  - "Despite the beautiful weather, John remained discontenting with his life."
  - "The discontenting employee demanded a raise."
  - "The discontenting customers refused to pay for the faulty product."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with discontenting
contenting , enticing , enticing , precipitating

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Variants

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discontent , discontented , discontenting , discontentment , discontentments , discontents

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Etymology

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From Old French 'descontenir', meaning 'to keep apart, to withhold'. Related to the Latin 'dis' meaning 'apart' and 'contentare' meaning 'to satisfy'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'discontenting' is often used in psychology to describe a state of psychological distress or unease.

2. Discontenting is an antonym for the word 'content'.

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Related Concepts

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1. dissatisfaction: A feeling of unhappiness or disappointment with a situation or experience.

2. unhappiness: A state of being unhappy or miserable.

3. displeasure: A feeling of unease or annoyance.

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Culture

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Discontenting has been used extensively in literature and art to depict characters or situations of dissatisfaction, displeasure, or unhappiness. One famous example is Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', where the protagonist expresses his discontenting feelings towards his father's death and his mother's hasty remarriage.

How to Memorize "discontenting"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person frowning, looking sad and unhappy to visualize the meaning of discontenting.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the feeling of unhappiness, dissatisfaction or disappointment.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Discontenting: Dis-satisfaction, Un-happy, In-complete' to help remember the meaning.

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