disconˈtented, ppl. a.
[f. prec. v. + -ed1.]
1. Deprived or devoid of contentment; dissatisfied, unquiet in mind; marked by or showing discontent; = discontent a. 1.
| 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. V, (an. 5) 55 b, Surely there was no creature whiche with that war was either discontented or displeased. 1595 Shakes. John v. i. 8 Our discontented Counties doe reuolt. 1672 Essex Papers (Camden) 10 Ther are Thousands of Discontented People in Ireland who may be apt to Rise. 1725 Pope Odyss. xi. 329 Sullen and sow'r with discontented mien. 1783 Watson Philip III, ii. (1839) 89 The troops, discontented with his treatment of them..refused to obey. 1855 Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 519 The discontented gentry of Cheshire and Lancashire. |
† 2. Displeased, vexed. Obs.
| 1494 Fabyan Chron. v. lxxvi. 55 With which answere the Romaynes beynge sore discontented, made newe warre vpon y⊇ sayd Sicambris. 1568 Grafton Chron. II. 142 For the which presumption the king was grievously discontented against the Citie. 1656 Stanley Hist. Philos. v. (1701) 169/1 Plato discontented hereat..[said] he could not stay, Dion being used so ignominiously. |