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miscontent

miscontent adjective: discontent.

Adjective

miscontent (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) discontent
    • Thys boke we have devysed, […]
      In hope that no man shall
      Be myscontent withall.c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 23, 27–28

Verb

miscontent (third-person singular simple present miscontents, present participle miscontenting, simple past and past participle miscontented)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) discontent

Forms of miscontent

third-person singular presentmiscontents
present participlemiscontenting
past participlemiscontented
pastmiscontented

Origin of miscontent

From mis- + content.

Questions about miscontent

What does miscontent mean?
Miscontent means discontent.
What part of speech is miscontent?
Miscontent can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near miscontent in the dictionary

  1. misconsuming
  2. miscontact
  3. miscontacted
  4. miscontacting
  5. miscontacts
  6. miscontent
  7. miscontented
  8. miscontenting
  9. miscontentment
  10. miscontentments
  11. miscontents

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