† discontenˈtation Obs.
[f. discontent v., after contentation.]
1. Dissatisfaction; displeasure; = discontent n.1, discontentment.
| 1528–9 Henry VIII in Fiddes Wolsey ii. (1726) 145 Being informed, to our no little marvell and discontentation [etc.]. 1580 Sidney Arcadia ii. (1622) 215 Rather then my ease discontentation Should breed to her, let me for aye deiected be From any ioy, which might her griefe occasion. 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xii. (1632) 687 To the high discontentation..of the English Subiects. 1759 Robertson Hist. Scot. II. App. x. 155 For the discontentation they have of the queen's majesty. |
2. transf. Something that causes discontent; a grievance; = discontent n.1 2.
| 1585 Parsons Chr. Exerc. ii. iii. 291 Who can number the hurtes and discontentations, that dailie insue vppon vs, from our neighbours? |