discontent
Roget-categorie 832
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.1. Passive affections
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Discontent
zelfstandig naamwoord
discontent,
discontentment —
dissatisfaction —
dissent
etc.
489.
disappointment,
mortification —
cold comfort —
regret
etc.
833 —
repining,
taking on
etc.
v. —
heart-burning,
heart-grief —
querulousness
etc.
(lamentation)
839 —
hypercriticism.
inquietude,
vexation of spirit,
soreness —
worry,
concern,
fear
etc.
860.
[person who is discontented]
malcontent,
grumbler,
growler,
croaker,
dissident,
dissenter,
laudator temporis acti [Lat.] —
censurer,
complainer,
fault-finder,
murmerer†.
cave of Adullam†,
indignation meeting,
winter of our discontent"
[Henry VI];
with what I most enjoy contented least"
[Shakespeare].
werkwoord
be discontented
etc.
adj. —
quarrel with one's bread and butter —
repine —
regret
etc.
833 —
wish one at the bottom of the Red Sea —
take on,
take to heart —
shrug the shoulders —
make a wry face,
pull a long face —
knit one's brows —
look blue,
look black,
look black as thunder,
look blank,
look glum.
take in bad part,
take ill —
fret,
chafe,
make a piece of work [Fr.] —
grumble,
croak —
lament
etc.
839.
cause discontent
etc.
n. —
dissatisfy,
disappoint,
mortify,
put out,
disconcert —
cut up —
dishearten.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
discontented —
dissatisfied
etc.
v. —
unsatisfied,
ungratified —
dissident —
dissentient
etc.
489 —
malcontent,
malcontented,
exigent,
exacting,
hypercritical.
repining
etc.
v. —
regretful
etc.
833 —
down in the mouth
etc.
(dejected)
837.
in high dudgeon,
in a fume,
in the sulks,
in the dumps,
in bad humor —
glum,
sulky —
sour as a crab —
soured,
sore —
out of humor,
out of temper.
disappointing
etc.
v. —
unsatisfactory.
frustrated
(failure)
732.
tussenwerpsel
so much the worse!,
uitdrukking
that won't do,
that will never do,
it will never do —
curtae nescio quid semper abest rei [Lat.]
[Horace];
ne Jupiter Quidem omnibus placet [Lat.] —
poor in abundance, famished at a feast"
[Young].
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