discontentment
/dɪskənˈtɛntmənt/
discontentment noun: a state of dissatisfaction or discontent.
Noun
discontentment (countable and uncountable, plural discontentments)
- A state of dissatisfaction or discontent.
- By this that ſtraunger knight in preſence came, / And goodly ſalued them; who nought againe / Him anſwered, as courteſie became, / But with ſterne lookes, and ſtomachous diſdaine, / Gaue ſignes of grudge and diſcontentment vaine: […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 23, page 297
discontentment meaning in Bengali
discontentment in Bengali
- অসন্তোষের একটি অবস্থা
Forms of discontentment
| plural | discontentments |
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Origin of discontentment
From dis- + contentment.
Questions about discontentment
- What does discontentment mean?
- Discontentment means a state of dissatisfaction or discontent.
- What is discontentment in Bengali?
- Discontentment in Bengali is অসন্তোষের একটি অবস্থা. See Discontentment meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is discontentment?
- Discontentment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce discontentment?
- Discontentment is pronounced /dɪskənˈtɛntmənt/.
- What is the plural of discontentment?
- The plural of discontentment is discontentments.
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