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discontentive

/ˌdɪskənˈtɛntɪv/

discontentive adjective: relating or tending toward discontent.

Adjective

discontentive (comparative more discontentive, superlative most discontentive)

  1. (archaic) Relating or tending toward discontent.
    • Pride is ever discontentive: it both occasions more than any, and makes more than it doth occasion1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

Forms of discontentive

comparativemore discontentive
superlativemost discontentive

Origin of discontentive

From discontent + -ive.

Questions about discontentive

What does discontentive mean?
Discontentive means relating or tending toward discontent.
What part of speech is discontentive?
Discontentive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce discontentive?
Discontentive is pronounced /ˌdɪskənˈtɛntɪv/.

Words near discontentive in the dictionary

  1. discontenteth
  2. discontentful
  3. discontenting
  4. discontention
  5. discontentions
  6. discontentive
  7. discontentment
  8. discontentments
  9. discontents
  10. discontiguity
  11. discontiguous

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