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malcontenting

malcontenting is the present participle and gerund of malcontent.

Meaning of malcontent

Verb

malcontent (third-person singular simple present malcontents, present participle malcontenting, simple past and past participle malcontented)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cause discontent or dissatisfaction.
    • […] James Bond adventure with a Ward Bond delivery, reams of malcontenting and anti-literary remarks, first-class manipulation of Anglo-Saxon's juicier words, and quotations from the Great Books and from William Kite's notebook.1966, R. Z. Sheppard, Book Review Digest, volume 62, New York, N.Y.: H. W. Wilson Company, →OCLC, page 732

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Questions about malcontenting

What is malcontenting the present participle and gerund of?
Malcontenting is the present participle and gerund of malcontent.

Words near malcontenting in the dictionary

  1. malconstructions
  2. malcontent
  3. malcontented
  4. malcontentedly
  5. malcontentedness
  6. malcontenting
  7. malcontentism
  8. malcontently
  9. malcontentment
  10. malcontents
  11. malcoordinated

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