discontentment

Meanings

• noun

  A feeling of dissatisfaction or unhappiness, often due to not having something that one desires or expects.

  - "His discontentment with his job led him to start his own business."
  - "Despite her success, she couldn't shake her feeling of discontentment."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with discontentment
unhappiness , miscontent , displeasance , unrest , dissatisfaction

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Variants

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discontent , discontented , discontenting , discontentment , discontentments , discontents

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Etymology

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Middle English (in the sense ‘displeased, disgruntled’): from dis- ‘not’ + content ‘satisfied’.

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Trivia

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1. Did you know that 'discontentment' is a compound word, derived from 'dis-' (meaning 'not') and 'content' (meaning 'satisfied')?

2. In ancient Greece, the goddess Discord represented discontentment and strife.

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Related Concepts

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1. dissatisfaction: A related concept to discontentment, dissatisfaction refers to a feeling of being unhappy or unsatisfied with a situation or thing.

2. unhappiness: Another related concept, unhappiness refers to a general feeling of sadness, misery, or dissatisfaction.

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Culture

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Discontentment is a common theme in literature and art, often depicted as a driving force behind characters' actions and motivations. For example, in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet,' the titular character's discontentment with his situation leads him to seek revenge.

How to Memorize "discontentment"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person with a frown on their face, looking unhappy and dissatisfied. Imagine their body language and facial expressions to fully understand the feeling of discontentment.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the feeling of discontentment with a heavy, weighted sensation in the chest, or with the image of a stormy sea.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the phrase 'Discontentment starts with a D,' or by associating the word with the image of a disgruntled, unhappy person.

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